Hulon Clyde Pippin

Military
media-45425.jpeg UPL 45425 Dog tag of Hulon Clyde Pippin, lost at RAF Great Ashfield and reunited with his family October 2020.

Found by myself at RAF Great Ashfield while metal detecting, August 2020.

Object Number - UPL 45425 - Dog tag of Hulon Clyde Pippin, lost at RAF Great Ashfield and reunited with his family October 2020.

Hulon enlisted on the 21st August 1942 at the age of 21 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Son of John Pippin he worked at the J H Holly sawmill in Booneville Mississippi.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

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From research after finding his dog tag at RAF Great Ashfield from the records online and from his son.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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