David H Palmer

Military
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Object Number - UPL 54678 - David H. Palmer

Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29925 "The Duchess" 351st BG, 510th BS
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Duchess
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 September 1923 WA Son of Harry and Mary Palmer

Enlisted

Seattle, WA 7 March 1942 Seattle, Washington

Died

Bellevue, WA 22 October 2008

Buried

Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park Seattle, King County, WA 25 October 2008 Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park Seattle, King County, Washington

Based

Polebrook Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honourable discharge.

Other

Marriage

Married Mary Lou Sasser.

Other

Flight training

Luke Field, Phoenix, AZ Completed his flight training, awarded wings and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. Luke Field Phoenix, Arizona.

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Personal memorabilia

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8th Airforce

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8th Air Force

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.351st.org/ken.harbour/

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