Junior Craft
MilitaryAssigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Brain crew. 37 x combat missions. Bailed out of B-24 41-29572 Scotty 7-Jun-44 after Ju88 intruder damaged aircraft. RTD MACR 6725
Awards: SS, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060015 / O-808941
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Neelys Landing, MO | 29 July 1922 | Son of Hiram Albert Sr and Julia Idora [Brown] Craft. |
Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 2 October 1942 | Jefferson Barracks, MIssouri |
Other Discharged USAAF |
16 February 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Cape Girardeau, MO | 21 August 2005 | |
Buried |
New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, MO | 25 August 2005 | New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |
Based |
Mendlesham | Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia