Theodore G Wurm

Military
A map of the United States painted onto the wall of Rec Hall of the 8th Air Force Service Command. Photo By Lieutenant Theodore G. Wurm of the 2nd Air Division. Written on slide casing: 'USA map- Rec Hall AAF 571, Peyton, England, 1945. 8th AFSC (Service Command) -Supply Depot- Art work: Sgt Tony Lipsky.' media-395275.jpg FRE 7545 A map of the United States painted onto the wall of Rec Hall of the 8th Air Force Service Command. Photo By Lieutenant Theodore G. Wurm of the 2nd Air Division. Written on slide casing: 'USA map- Rec Hall AAF 571, Peyton, England, 1945. 8th AFSC (Service Command) -Supply Depot- Art work: Sgt Tony Lipsky.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7545 - A map of the United States painted onto the wall of Rec Hall of the 8th Air Force Service Command. Photo By Lieutenant Theodore G. Wurm of the 2nd...

First U. S. Army Air Corps unit to land in ETO. Had been training at McClellan Field for Australia service. Landed in U. K. on May 15, 1942 and returned to the U. S. on November 15, 1945 (3. 5 years). Terminal leave promotion to Captain 'Foreign Service' 3YR, 6 MO, 27 Days.

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Units served with

Two airmen of the 466th Bomb Group.

2nd Air Division

  • Unit Hierarchy: Division
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Combat organisation

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Born

San Francisco, California 5 January 1919

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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A map of the United States painted onto the wall of Rec Hall of the 8th Air Force Service Command. Photo By Lieutenant Theodore G. Wurm of the 2nd Air Division. Written on slide casing: 'USA map- Rec Hall AAF 571, Peyton, England, 1945. 8th AFSC (Service Command) -Supply Depot- Art work: Sgt Tony Lipsky.'

Object number: FRE 7545 - A map of the United States painted onto the wall...