Ernest S Matheron
Military
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1st Lieutenant Ernest S. Matheron, back row second from left, and his B24 crew at Tibenham, England in 1944.
Son-in-law, Randy McCown.
Ernie flew 42 missions while stationed in England. He never had an injury to any crewman earning him the motto on his B-24 "Fly with Ernie and live to fly another day!"
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Revisions
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Sources
Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia