Norman B Linville

Military

Joined Sqd 6/19/43. DS/Tunis 9/19/43. Returned to base via ATC 10/4/43. DS/? 7/4/44. Completed tour 8/13/44. Trans/12 RCD 8/13/44. Pilot: Gildart.



Fw 190 destroyed 1/21/44.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ben H Gildart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 489th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-666270
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50381

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Paris, KY 40361, USA 29 October 1923

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN, USA 10 November 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison

Other

1st Combat Missions

Pisa, Province of Pisa, Italy 14 September 1943

Died

Tampa, FL, USA 11 May 2003

Buried

Brandon, FL, USA 14 May 2003 Hillsboro Memorial Cemetery Brandon Hillsborough County Florida, USA

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http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/143743141/Norman-B-Linville

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd