Gerald H Ransom

Military
media-17367.jpeg UPL 17367 Charles Kline Crew
801st BG - 850th BS

Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz (CP), Charles R. Kline (P), Floyd A Lauletta (G)

Kneeling Left to Right: Dana R. Wemette (G), Arthur G. Abate (G), George W. Odom (G), Warren L. Rock (G)

This crew (minus Odom and Ransom) were shot down on the night of July 4/5 1944. All aboard were KIA

801/492 website

Object Number - UPL 17367 - Charles Kline Crew 801st BG - 850th BS Standing Left to Right: Gerald H. Ransom (G), Jesse H. Snider (B), Richard J. Brace (N), Clyde H. Schultz...

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 801st Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-693995
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Preston, ID 83263, USA 1 November 1920

Enlisted

Pocatello, ID, USA 22 April 1943

Died

Meridian, ID, USA 4 January 2002

Buried

Boise, ID, USA 8 January 2002 Morris Hill Cemetery Boise Ada County Idaho, USA Plot: MHILL_6_25_6

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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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