Albert J Seaquist

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media-22014.jpeg UPL 22014 Albert Seaquist - Bradgate, 390th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 22014 - Albert Seaquist - Bradgate, 390th BG, KIA

Albert Seaquist, who received a fractured skull by being hit by a truck, died at Framingham, Suffolk, England, January 23, 1945. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Seaquist and was born in Eagle Grove May 5, 1924. When he was in the third grade he moved with his parents to near Bradgate and later to town. He graduated from the Bradgate high school in May, 1943.



In August of the same year he began his basic training at Amarillo, Texas. He received his gunners wings upon graduation from the Gunners' School at Kingman, Ariz., June 4, 1944. After a short furlough he reported at Lincoln, Nebr., where he was assigned to his combat crew and training at El Paso, Texas. Upon completion he was sent back to Lincoln from which place he left by plane for England on October 21, 1944.



He was a member of the 8th Air Base there and his crew had received special recognition but full particulars of this had not been received by his parents to date. Nor have they been fully informed as to the manner of his death. He was the ball turret gunner and assistant radio man on his plane.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Eagle Grove, IA 50533, USA 5 March 1924

Died

Framlingham, Woodbridge IP13, UK 23 January 1945

Buried

Eagle Grove, IA 50533, USA
Bradgate, IA 50520, USA

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Combat Chronology, Unit Website / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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