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John Babel

Military

The service number appearing on the orders we have is not listed in the NARA data base, and a search by name also produced no results.

We have him listed on the 437th TCG Special Orders #195, dated 27 December 1943. These were the orders generated at Pope Field (Fort Bragg, NC) for the first phase of movement by air and by rail of the 437th personnel to their eventual overseas deployment.

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Units served with

C-47 Skytrains of the 83rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 437th Troop Carrier Group.

437th Troop Carrier Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Troop Carrier

Headquarters (437th Troop Carrier Group)

Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

Places

Coulommiers

Site type: Airfield

Lieutenant Don Handigard and Lieutenant "Cozy" Cole, pilots of the 437th Troop Carrier Group outside their Nissen hut at Ramsbury. Spring 1944. Image via Richard Denison. Written on slide casing: 'Don Handigard & "Cozy" Cole, 437 TCG, Ramsbury, Sp 1944, Handigard KIA 6/6/44.'

Ramsbury

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date23 Jan 2020 12:44:25

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Removed 'NMI' from middle name field

Date30 Dec 2019 13:36:08

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Spelling correction

Date30 Dec 2019 13:35:39

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437th TCG Special Orders #195 - Service #, Rank and MOS
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