9th Air Depot Group
Group
Squadron
Group
Station | Location | Date |
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Based | Troston | |
Based | Honington |
Military | Corporal | Sheet Metal Specialist
GC/ WW II VM/ ATO/ EAME
Military | First Lieutenant | Aircraft Maintenance Officer
Aviation Cadet #11062647 Chanute Field, IL from 17 June to 27 November 1942. Service in ETO from 5 January 1943 to 7 June 1945.
ATO/ EAME/ WW II VM
Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | Airplane and Engine Mechanic
Born in Iowa in 1918 Chester Mersman was the eldest son of a farmer who was to move his family to California ten years later. He used to follow his father at work sometimes riding the plough and from an early age showed an aptitude for all things...
Military | Sergeant | Crew Chief; Line Chief
Sustained combat injuries.
ETO, WWIIV/ GC/ AM/ PUC
None
Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:42:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980) |