Paul Clifford Akin
Military
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UPL 55292
Paul Akin in 1942
From His Son in Law Brad Stuart
Assigned to 571BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 68. Flew 35 x missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: First Lieutenant Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Preferred Risk, Good Old Yank
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: North Star
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cabin in the Sky Rough Group Dorothy Dee
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Blue Ridge, Texas | 8 October 1922 | Born Blue Ridge, Texas |
Died |
Dallas, Texas | 26 April 2006 | Died Dallas, Texas |
Buried |
Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Texas | 27 April 2006 | Interred Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, Texas |
Revisions
ContributorRayWells
Changes
Sources
Changed Key Image and updated aircraft connections with info from his son in law Brad Stuart
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Akin%2C+Paul+C