Bruce Samuel Sothern

Military

Assigned to 7BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: GC, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 34th Bomb Group

34th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 7th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group.

7th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-51209

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Wrangler
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron

43-38367

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gotta Haver

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Silver City, ID 25 July 1919 Son of Alfred Gilmore and May Elizabeth [Carothers] Sothern.

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Based

Mendlesham Assigned to 7BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/608339725?terms=bruce,sothern
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/CrewChiefs.htm

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1996 34th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia