Elmo W Geppelt
Military
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UPL 17798
1LT Elmo W. Geppelt
Navigator - Birto Brumby Crew
Assistant Squadron Navigator - 755th BS
458th BG - 755th BS
466th BG - 784th BS (3 missions)
Navigator - Birto Brumby Crew
Assistant Squadron Navigator - 755th BS
458th BG - 755th BS
466th BG - 784th BS (3 missions)
DFC; Air Medal w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- 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
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 466th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Baby Shoes
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
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Document 16636
"The Mishap of Crew 92".
The detailed account of a mission flown by 467th Bomb Group, 791st Bomb Squadron on 18 March 1945, to Berlin, in B-24 42-50599.
The detailed account of a mission flown by 467th Bomb Group, 791st Bomb Squadron on 18 March 1945, to Berlin, in B-24 42-50599.
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- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 467th Bomb Group 791st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: That Red Headed Gal
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Caddo, Texas | 27 July 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, KS, USA | 15 December 1942 | |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 1310 Florence |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self & Page 274 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition