Arthur Garfield Hamilton

Military

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

People

Darrell Arthur Boucher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816778
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ralph L Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-698896
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-110078

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Upland, California 5 August 1922

Based

Cluntoe 26 May 1942 Assigned with crew to 2nd Combat Crew Replacement and Training Squadron for training and assignment to a combat group

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 4 February 1943

Died

Lodi, California 24 September 1980 Arthur G. Hamilton, 58, of Lodi, died Wednesday morning in a local hospital following a short illness. He was a native of Upland and came to this area in 1931. He was employed by the Gundershaug Electric Company for over 30 years. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He was a member of American Legion Post No 22, Lodi, and the International Brotherhood Electrical Workers, Local No. 591. He is survived by his wife, Betty J Hamilton of Lodi; one daughter, Deborah Jane Miller; two sisters, Evelyn Vernou and Virginia Johnson; and two grandsons. Interment in Lodi Memorial Cemetery Lodi News-Sentinel Sept 25, 1980

Buried

Lodi, California 27 September 1980 Lodi Memorial Park and Cemetery Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA Plot PIONEER II "S" 66
San Joaquin County, CA

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Sources

http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=7416250
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=2504151…
SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1942
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126136682

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc