Eddie Joe Choate

Military
media-18539.jpeg UPL 18539 1LT Klopfenstein B-24 Crew in training at March Field, Sept. 1944 Eddie Joe Choate Family Collection

Eddie Joe Choate Family Collection

Object Number - UPL 18539 - 1LT Klopfenstein B-24 Crew in training at March Field, Sept. 1944

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Lyman M Bates

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 700th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2015334
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Fred Heinige

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 36055014
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Russel H Karweik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16191916
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer; Gunner

Richard Paul Klopfenstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-0721119
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William D Lucas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-0665062
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cooper, TX 75432, USA 3 August 1924

Died

Cooper, TX 75432, USA 18 June 1999

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I am Eddie Joe Choate's oldest son. Source: Family Records

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I am Eddie Joe Choate's oldest son. Source: Family Records

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I am Eddie Joe Choate's oldest son. Source: Family Records

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I am Eddie Joe Choate's oldest son. Source: Family Records

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I am Eddie Joe Choate's oldest son.

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8th AF News, September 1999, History of the 445th by Rudolph Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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