Augustine J Paredes

Military
media-6732.png UPL 6732 Technical Sergeant Augustine J Paredes of the 458th Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator.

Handwritten caption on image: '8th AF, 458th Bomb Group, Norwich, Horsham St Faiths, 30 missions, June 6-Nov. 21, 1944
Yours Truly A J. Paredes DFC.'

Image courtesy of Augustine J Paredes

Object Number - UPL 6732 - Technical Sergeant Augustine J Paredes of the 458th Bomb Group with a B-24 Liberator. Handwritten caption on image: '8th AF, 458th Bomb Group,...

Radio Operator on the John P. Roberts crew. 458th Bomb Group / 752nd Bomb Squadron. Flew 30 missions 6 June 1944 - 21 Nov 1944.

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Wallace T Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Walter C Dietzgen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Dewey A Guidry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Lester R Johnson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-698017
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
Master Sergeant George W. Parks of the 91st Bomb Group.

George W Parks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34767422
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

California, United States 19 November 1924

Enlisted

Fresno, California, United States 12 March 1943

Died

Sacramento, California, United States 3 May 2012
Ventura County, California, United States

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
458th Bomb Group website : www.458bg.com

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

Self, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

458bg.com / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Augustine J Paredes: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 15688 - The John P. Roberts crew - 458th BG/752nd BS. Back...

Object number: UPL 6732 - Technical Sergeant Augustine J Paredes of the...