Emmett George Dupas Sr

Military
media-44559.jpeg UPL 44559 S/Sgt Emmett G. Dupas, 384BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 44559 - S/Sgt Emmett G. Dupas, 384BG

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. John Whitesides crew. 29 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

John Boyce Whitesides

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14101620 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

42-97263

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Margaret
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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

New Orleans, LA 10 October 1923 Son of Cesaire Rudolph and Emma Melanie [Morgan] Dupas.

Enlisted

6 August 1943

Other

Survived forced landing

10 January 1945 10-Jan-45 aboard B-17 42-97263 'Lady Margaret', A/C crashed on take off. RTD

Other

Discharged USAAF

15 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

1 February 1990

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA 5 February 1990 Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/613639994
https://www.fold3.com/image/546517095
https://www.fold3.com/image/168497195
https://www.fold3.com/record/55986133-emmett-g-dupas
https://www.fold3.com/record/620838276-emmett-dupas-1923
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7992
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89789698/emmett-george-dupas

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=d...;
- 490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

AAIR 45--0-10-519 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Emmett George Dupas: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 44559 - S/Sgt Emmett G. Dupas, 384BG

Object number: UPL 44560 - S/Sgt Emmett George Dupas, 384BG.