William H Greenhaw
Military
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Object Number - UPL 18553 - William Henry Greenhaw, Staff Sergeant, waist gunner with Peder's Parade, 96th Bomb Group, 338th squadron.
I (daughter) have my father's mission diary for 27 missions. He was an artist and painted bomber jackets. He earned enough money painting jackets for the down payment on his first home after the war. He was waist gunner in 'Peder's Parade', pilot Peder Larson . A/C #43-3877.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Some Number
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
26 November 1917 | ||
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Died |
3 July 1987 | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Kim Greenhaw Bates, daughter, edited date of death to the correct date, July 3, 1987.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / daughter; Snetterton Falcons, pg 211
