Bernard E Vaughan
Military
Added association to 493rd BG
Object Number - UPL 39698 - Lt. Bernard E Vaughan 493rd BG - 861st Sqd - November 1944 - England
8th USAAF pilot with the 487th BG (July '44) and 493rd BG (July '44 - Mar '45). Credited with 33 combat missions (13/B-24 & 20/B-17) from July-Dec 1944 including five missions to Merseburg. In addition to the bombing missions, during the month of Sept '44 he along with his copilot (Lt. Walter Faulkner), Engineer (TSgt. Sidney W Minor), Radio Operator (TSgt. Donald Pelletier) and Crew Chief (MSgt. Irvin L Clark) flew (18) B-24 gas shuttle missions to France in support of General Patton's advancing 3rd Army.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Missions
- Date: 30 December 1944
- Date: 28 December 1944
- Date: 24 December 1944
- Date: 23 December 1944
- Date: 12 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Syracuse, New York | 13 November 1921 | |
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Died |
4 May 1987 | ||
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Buried |
Buffalo, New York |
Revisions
Added a connection to the 487th BG listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C type in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, daughter
