Judson V Braselton

Military
media-17144.jpeg UPL 17144 SSGT Judson V. Braselton
Waist Gunner
Crew #750 - Russell A. Thompson Crew

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17144 - SSGT Judson V. Braselton Waist Gunner Crew #750 - Russell A. Thompson Crew

Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal

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Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

Bossier City, LA, USA 13 April 1923

Died

Benton, LA 71006, USA 22 April 2000 The Shreveport (La) Times (Apr. 23, 2000) Judson Vernon Braselton BENTON, LA - Services for Judson Vernon Braselton, 77, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, 2000 at Rose-Neath's Bossier Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Robert Beadle, pastor of First Baptist Church of Benton. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery in Homer. LA. Family will receive friends from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Sunday, April 23, 2000 at Rose-Neath's Bossier Chapel. Mr. Braselton, a resident of Benton, LA, passed away Saturday, April 22, 2000 at his residence. He was a native of Bossier City, LA, and was a former resident of Homer, LA, El Dorado, AR, and Alvin, TX. Mr. Braselton graduated from Centenary College, and was in the 8th Air Force during W.W. II, retired from AMOCO after 28 years of service. Mr. Braselton was a member of the First Baptist Church in Benton.

Buried

Homer, LA 71040, USA 25 April 2000 Arlington Cemetery Homer Claiborne Parish Louisiana, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 343; son

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