Albert Deward Bradley
MilitaryAlbert Deward "Semo" Bradley enlisted in the Army Air Force in August 1942 and was shipped to England (Horham Airfield) in May 1943 with the 8th Air Force, 95th Bomb Group, 336th Bomb Squadron. He served as an armorer (loaded bombs) for most of the war but volunteered late in the war as a waist gunner and flew 24 missions: 12 bombing missions (including Munich) and 12 mercy missions (including Operation Chow Hound) until the end of the war.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
10 August 1915 |
Revisions
Interview with my father in April 1986, 3 months before he died of lung cancer on July 8, 1986 in Wilson, North Carolina
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php