Quinn Olin Summers

Military

Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF.





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

William Vincent Tumelavich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33606338
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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

Brinkman, OK 16 November 1921 Son of D A Summers.

Enlisted

24 October 1942

Other

Discharged USAAF

13 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

16 February 1991

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia