Warren Borges
MilitaryResearch on crash and pilot.
Aviation accidents UK for April 1945
Freeman's "The Mighty Eight War Diary"
He flew 35 missions from May/June to December 1944 in the 306th BG. Then flew Mosquitos Mark XVI from December 1944 to August 1945 for photo and Weather Recon in the 25th BG, 653/654 BS.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Borges was a graduate of Northeastern University and was a consultant in welding techniques at Boston Naval shipyard. He also served as president of the 8th AF Historical Society.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Mosquito
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Middlesex County, MA | 5 February 1916 | |
Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 12 November 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Discharged USAAF |
1 January 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Penney Farms, FL | 7 May 1996 | |
Buried |
Penney Memorial Cemetery Penney Farms, Clay County, FL | 11 May 1996 | Penney Memorial Cemetery Penney Farms, Clay County, Florida |
Based |
Thurleigh | Assigned to 423BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Assigned to 653/654 BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Shiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia