Fred Borman Jr

Military
media-40683.jpeg UPL 40683 "Lt. Borman and crew of the 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group pose beside their Consolidated B-24 at an 8th Air Force base in England. 22 March 1944."

Object Number - UPL 40683 - "Lt. Borman and crew of the 849th Bomb Squadron, 490th Bomb Group pose beside their Consolidated B-24 at an 8th Air Force base in England. 22 March...

Assigned to 849BS 490BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16089376
  • Highest Rank: Private
  • Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35657649
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-61968 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37549916
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15375044
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator - Mechanic Gunner, AAF

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Classy Chassis II
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 490th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 832nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Boston, MA 5 November 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Died

Boston, MA 25 January 1986

Buried

Knollwood Memorial Park Canton, Norfolk County, MA 27 January 1986 Knollwood Memorial Park Canton, Norfolk County, MA

Born

Massachussetts, USA Son of Fred Sr and Edith H [Bremner] Borman.

Based

Eye Assigned to 849BS 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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