Stephen Harold Holleman
Military
Newspaper clipping
Object Number - UPL 50035 - Sgt Stephen H. Holleman, 306BG
Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-72555
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Connecticut Yankee
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Commerce, Texas | 29 July 1922 | Son of B H Holleman. |
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Died |
13 July 1990 | ||
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Buried |
Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA | 16 July 1990 | Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana |
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Based |
Thurleigh | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Specialist training |
Harlingen, TX | 17 September 1942 | Flexible gunnery training - Harlingen, Texas. |
| Dodd City, TX |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Added a connection to "Roy Alan Vinnedge" per info in the Summary biography of "Kermit Brent Cavedo".
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son
