Athas J Athanas Jr

Military
media-43453.jpeg UPL 43453 This is probably the only photo I have of Dad during the 1944-45 timeframe. Look at the bill on that hat — a great “40 Mission Crush!” He flew 35 combat missions out of Ipswich, England over Germany.

Dad’s own photos and documents he left to me and my sister in his Will (she didn’t have a place to store them and I did, so I kept them to this day).

Family photos Mom took and left to us when she predeceased Dad. I turned out to be the keeper of all family photos and documents.

Object Number - UPL 43453 - This is probably the only photo I have of Dad during the 1944-45 timeframe. Look at the bill on that hat — a great “40 Mission Crush!” He...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Revisions

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Transmittal of and/or Entitlement to Awards
NPRC
St. Louis, MO

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php

Athas J Athanas: Gallery (21 items)

Object number: UPL 43450 - This is me, Amanda Athanas, Col. Athanas’s...

Object number: UPL 43451 - This is an acrylic on canvas painting of San...

Object number: UPL 43452 - This was my official US Army photo from Basic...

Object number: UPL 43453 - This is probably the only photo I have of Dad...

Object number: UPL 43455 - Athan Athanas - Obituary.

Object number: UPL 43456 - This was in Weisbaden, Germany probably taken at...

Object number: UPL 43457 - Dad typed this up himself in his bedroom converted...

Object number: UPL 43458 - This was a photo that went with an article in the...

Object number: UPL 43459 - This is the article itself (that goes with the...

Object number: UPL 43460 - Whenever there was a “mandatory” Randolph AFB, San...

Object number: UPL 43461 - Recently riffed after the end of WWII, Dad...

Object number: UPL 43462 - Shortly after returning home after WWII, Dad...