Erwin H Halvorson

Military
media-38738.jpeg UPL 38738 A Crew of the 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 25 June 1944.


Information provided by Mervyn Wilson, 379th BGA historian.

Official caption via Fold 3 wrongly states that the crew is from the 524th Bomb Squadron.

Object Number - UPL 38738 - A Crew of the 527th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group, Poses For The Photographer At An 8Th Air Force Base In England On 25 June 1944.

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD.



Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, National defence, UN and Korean medals.



Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts flying a total of 644 combat missions and rising to the rank of Lt Colonel, retired in Jan-68.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Lawrence Edwards Adams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12024193
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Graham Thomas Dawes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13116882 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

James D Johnston

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Ellis Albert Kunkle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39334130
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earl J Morrow

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

A bomber crew of the 379th Bomb Group, and their mascot "Scragg", with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-32024) nicknamed "Swamp Fire". Image via Byron Clark. A printed caption has been attached to the reverse: 'Swamp Fire First Crew. Kimbolton, May 1 1944 [handwritten annotation to this says: 'Photo Taken.']. Rear Row, L to R. Berj Bejian- Engineer & Top Turret, Roy Avery- Waist Gunner, Andrew Stroman- Ball Turret, John Rose- Waist Gunner, Elijah Lewis- Tail Gunner, Edward Pryzybyla- Radio Gun

42-32024

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swamp Fire
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Terry, MT 4 January 1922 Son of Edward Orval and Clara E [Anderson] Halvorson.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 4 June 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Died

Bozeman, MT 20 September 2016

Buried

Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, MT 29 September 2016 Sunset Hills Cemetery Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/200774177?rec=200774224
https://www.fold3.com/record/84968817-erwin-h-halvorson
https://sites.google.com/site/swampfireorg/home/photo-album-crew/-erwin…
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?n…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170498966/erwin-h_-halvorson

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

379th Bombardment Group Anthology pg 128 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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