Roger Skjei
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
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John George Abajian
Military
John Abajian piloted 28 missions in a B-24 out of England over enemy territory and received many commendations for heroism. After his combat tour ended, he was sent to Walla Walla Air Base to train pilots. Here, he met Mary Lou Hooper at the air base and they married on Oct. 18, 1945. They were married for 66 years, until John's death in March 2012. Mary Lou died just months later, in June 2012.
Service
People
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93rd Bomb Group
Group
93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1-March-1942 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15-May-1942 the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida to continue advanced flight training and also to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico; they...
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Hardwick
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. In December 1943, the B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in, and remained until the end of the war, flying over 330 missions....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bell, CA, USA | 9 December 1919 |
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To George and Thelma Abajian. One of six children, John was the first to be born in America. |
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| Lived in | Los Angeles County, CA, USA | December 1941 |
| Enlisted | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 16 December 1941 |
| Lived in | Walla Walla, Washington | 1945 |
| Died | 2 March 2012 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 October 2017 14:30:24 | Lucy May | Changes to person associations |
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https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/surnames.skjei/18/mb.ashx?pnt=1 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 October 2017 14:28:24 | Lucy May | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events and place associations |
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NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=... https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104062149 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:16:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster |
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