Thomas Cahill
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 26 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Melvin J Bleakman
Military
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"A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Pappy" at an 8th Air Force base in England, 16 November 1943."
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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James Carroll
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
George Gabriel
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat mission. ETD. Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Martin Hooper
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 379th Bomb Group
Original air crew of B-17F 42-29890 'Stupifier'; 25 mission club -
Arlo Roskam
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
John Roth
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medal. Post War: Re-enlisted USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts, retired 1970. -
Kenneth Seidelman
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME. -
Burdette Smith
Military | Major | Radio Operator | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 28 x combat mission. ETD. ... -
William Witham
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 379th Bomb Group
Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 mission club. 22 x combat mission. ETD. Alarms: DFC, AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
379th Bomb Group
Group
The 379th Bomb Group (H) (heavy), based at Kimbolton, flew more sorties than any other Bomb Group in the Eighth Air Force and dropped a greater bomb tonnage than any other Group. The B-17 Flying Fortress Group was awarded two Distinguished Unit... -
526th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-29624 'Pappy'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/1/43; Salina, KS 9/2/43; Morrison 9/3/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG Molesworth [BN-W] 6/4/43; transferred 326BS/92BG [JW- ] Alconbury 27/7/43; 527BS/379BG [FO-N] Kimbolton 13/9/43; on night instructional flight for new pilots [sp... -
42-29718 'THE WIDOW MAKER'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; 94BG Pueblo 18/2/43; Salina 25/2/43; Gulfport 18/3/43; Brookley 28/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 333BS/94BG Bassingbourn 7/4/43; then 410BS; transferred 327BS/92BG [UX-H] Alconbury 23/7/43; 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 4... -
42-29724 Little Minnie
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 24/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-B] Bassingbourn 20/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43; ... -
42-29824
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/2/43; Gore 9/3/43; Memphis 27/3/43; Dow Fd 15/4/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-B] Thurleigh 24/4/43; transferred 526BS/379BG [LF-G] Kimbolton 3/10/43; battle damaged Bremen 29/11/43 crash landed Leiston; 2 SAD Lt Staughton 1/12/43;... -
42-29934
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 15/3/43; Cheyenne 17/3/43; Walla Walla 2/4/43; Metropolitan 13/4/43; Selfridge 27/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 526BS/379BG [LF-G] Kimbolton 6/6/43; Missing in Action Nantes 16/9/43 with Don Murray, Co-pilot: Bob McGraw, Navigator:... -
42-29997
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 23/3/43; Smoky Hill 3/4/43; Brookley 12/4/43; Smoky Hill 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 94BG Bassingbourn 24/4/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43; transferred 527BS/379BG [FO-A] Kimbolton 20/5/43; then 526BS [LF-A]; AFSC 7/4/44; Returned to... -
42-3300
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-F] Kimbolton 11/6/43; transferred 526BS [LF-F]; Missing in Action Evreux 3/9/43 with Julius Kraft {all 524bs crew}, Ball turret gunner: Frank Frydryk, Waist gunner: Don Armstrong (3...
Associated Place
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Kimbolton
Military site : airfield
Planned for RAF use, Kimbolton airfield was built by W and C French Ltd. in 1941. The airfield was increased in size to accommodate a full US heavy Bomb Group, and the first such unit to us it was the 91st Bomb Group, who arrived in September 1942.... -
Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Maryland, USA | 1 January 1917 |
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Son of Bertha Bleakman. |
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| Enlisted | Baltimore, MD | 3 January 1941 |
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Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Discharged USAAF | October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Enlisted | 1 May 1950 | |
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Re-Enlistment. |
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| Released from USAF | 31 August 1964 | |
| Died | Roswell, GA | 20 September 2002 |
| Buried | Arlington National Cemetery | 6 December 2002 |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 August 2019 20:56:22 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/539966172 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 150 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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