Albert Biales

Military

media-44823.png UPL 44823 Albert Biales with Scale Airplane Models

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Object Number - UPL 44823 - Albert Biales with Scale Airplane Models

Assigned to 89FS, 80FG, 10AF[Farmingdale NY].

Transferred to 322FS, 326FG, 3AF[Bradley Field, CT].

Transferred to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Transferred to 310FrS, 27ATG, 8AF USAAF.

Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-8386) and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29780) nicknamed "Silver Queen" of the 95th Bomb Group.

Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'C47 43-8386. Heston- 38D Silver Queen.'

27th Air Transport Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

A P-51 Mustang (VQ-C_, serial number 43-12425) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: 'VII FC Tec' ops. VQ-C_.'

310th Ferry Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

495th Fighter Training Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

56th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

61st Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

41-6265

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Francy Ann
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron

42-8369

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Francy Ann II
Unit: 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron

Places

Atcham

Site type: Airfield

Boxted

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Cuyahoga County, OH, USA	22 November 1919	Son of Yisroel David and Sarah [Koplan] Biales.
Enlisted	Columbus, OH, USA	7 November 1941	Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio
Other Crashed	Hitcham, Ipswich IP7, UK	3 October 1943	Take Off Accident Hitcham/Sta 470 3 Albert Biales, 3-Oct-43. P-47D 42-8369 - 61FS 56FG 8AF
Other Transferred		21 November 1943	Transferred to 310FrS, 27ATG, 8AF USAAF.
Died	Florida, USA	26 May 1973
Buried	Temple Israel Cemetery Gotha Orange County FL	29 May 1973	Temple Israel Cemetery Gotha Orange County Florida USA
Other Promotion	Boxted, Colchester, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Based	Boxted	21 November 1943	Assigned to 61FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.
	Cleveland, OH, USA

Revisions

Date17 Nov 2020 10:51:30

ContributorAl_Skiff

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159825671

Date20 Aug 2020 01:05:16

ContributorLSpringer58

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Saved Photo

Date20 Aug 2020 01:04:02

Contributordecwriter

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NARA files verified DFC and AM w/3 oak leaf clusters.

Date19 Aug 2020 17:27:06

ContributorLSpringer58

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Updated Name

Date9 Dec 2016 15:16:22

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- AccidentReports.com;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date9 Nov 2016 14:36:42

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Biales&Submit=Se…
https://www.fold3.com/page/84165970_albert_biales/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/619752593_albert_biales%20%20(1919)/details/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Biales%2C+Albert…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159825671

Date27 Sep 2014 18:02:58

ContributorAAM

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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