Thomas Wesley Gell

Military
media-32345.jpeg UPL 32345 "Major T W Gell pilot of the 490th Bomb Group, wears the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him on 7-Dec-44 at an airbase in England."

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Object Number - UPL 32345 - "Major T W Gell pilot of the 490th Bomb Group, wears the Distinguished Flying Cross presented to him on 7-Dec-44 at an airbase in England."

Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bristol County, MA, USA 19 April 1916

Enlisted

Boston, MA, USA 29 April 1941

Died

Pompano Beach, FL, USA 10 January 2000

Buried

Interred Arlington National Cemetery

Based

Eye Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20297087/thomas-wesley-gell

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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