Sereno Robert Tait Jr
Military
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Sereno R Tait (TG) (381st BG, 534th SQ). Photo likely taken September, 1944 at Biggs AAF, TX with crew #7267.
Marelius crew personal records
Assigned to 535BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Bob Marelius, crew. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME, UN, Korean medal.
Post war: Recalled to active duty USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnam conflicts rising to Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39209643
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13086911
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12020569
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier; Togglier; Radar Counter-Measures Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12216647
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19181574 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Mt Carmel, IL, USA | 1 November 1924 | Son of Sereno Robert and Pearl Weaver [Daves] Tait. |
Enlisted |
Evansville, IN, USA | 20 July 1943 | Evansville, Indiana |
Other Promotion to 2nd Lt. |
1 July 1949 | Only crewmember to rejoin the military after WWII (during the crew's ETO tour, he was the least one interested in the service!). Retired Lt. Col. in the 1970s. | |
Died |
Shelbyville, IL, USA | 12 August 2007 | |
Buried |
Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, IL | 15 August 2007 | Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois |
Shelbyville, IL, USA | Married Miram (Lord) 3-May-1946 in Lakewood, CO. Attended Univ. of Arizona. Quality assurance engineer. | ||
Based |
Ridgewell | Assigned to 535BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia