Michael H Primus

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media-13823.jpeg UPL 13823 Michael H Primus Crew

Object Number - UPL 13823 - Michael H Primus Crew

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-818123
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 10th Motor Transport Section
  • Service Numbers: 33362517
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Power Turret and Gunsight Mechanic

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Heavenly Body
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St. Cloud, MN 3 October 1918

Enlisted

St. Cloud, MN 10 February 1941

Died

Elmside Farm, Nailstone, UK 27 September 1944 The B-17 he was piloting crashed on a night training mission

Buried

10 October 1949 Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Section 34 Sit 4757

Revisions

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HIs rank is on his gravestone

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Find A Grave Memorial# 15436105

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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