Paul Broome
Military
Handwritten caption on reverse: ''In flight B-17 over England Early 1945
Paul Broome Via American Air Museum Memory Book correspondence.
Object Number - UPL 6537 - Technical Sergeant Paul Broome of the 490th Bomb Group Handwritten caption on reverse: ''In flight B-17 over England Early 1945
Graduated from high school in Louisiana before joining the United States Army 8th Air force.
Stationed in England and flew missions over Germany.
Re-enlisted to fight in the Korean war in 1951, discharged from the military in 1953
'I was Engineer + Top Turret Gunner on Hugh B Hunter's crew. We flew 6 wing missions + flew 10 lead missions.'
Hugh B Hunter's Crew 16 missions: 6 wing crew, 10 lead crew.
Later graduated from university of Mississippi in 1957, began a long career with the Social Security Administration before retiring in 1980.
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
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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
Events
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Born |
5 March 1920 | ||
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Died |
5 September 2016 | ||
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Enlisted |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a Separator to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self