9th Air Force
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Assigned to HQ Sqn, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
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The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Milwaukee County, WI, USA | 3 March 1917 |
Enlisted | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 15 October 1940 |
Based | Andrews Field | 1943 – 1944 |
Assigned to HQ Sqn, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Died | North Prairie, WI, USA | 20 December 2002 |
Buried | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 23 December 2002 |
Wood National Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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17 May 2017 19:08:44 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/85302357_frank_a%20udovich/details/ |