Austin R Parker

Military
42-52618 Chief Warpello UPL 71706 UPL 71706 B-24 42-52618 Chief 'Warpello' with Shacklett crew.

Rear Row: William P. Lordi, Austin R. Parker, Charles E. Pledge Joseph A. Kerins, Rhodes L. Brown
Front Row: James J. Dolan, Robert O. Shacklett, George Balthazor, Arnold H. Kuhlman.

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Rhodes Lewis Brown James J Dolan Joseph Alfred Kerins George Richard Balthazor William Paul Lordi Arnold H Kuhlman John A Manna Charles E Pledge Austin R Parker Robert O Shacklett On

Object Number - UPL 71706 - B-24 42-52618 Chief 'Warpello' with Shacklett crew. Rear Row: William P. Lordi, Austin R. Parker, Charles E. Pledge Joseph A. Kerins, Rhodes L....

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew aboard B-24 42-52618 'Chief Wapello'.

 

Awards: AM (3OLC), EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

People

42-52618 Chief Warpello

Robert O Shacklett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-52618 Chief Warpello

42-52618

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Chief Wapello
  • Unit: 839th Bomb Squadron 506th Bomb Squadron 66th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Gifford, Indiana 28 November 1906 BornGifford, Indiana

Enlisted

Chicago, Illinois 9 July 1940 EnlistedChicago, Illinois

Other

Discharged

15 October 1945

Died

Glendale, Arizona 2 February 1998 DiedGlendale, Arizona

Buried

Independence Cemetery Baileys Corner, Indiana 5 February 1998 InterredIndependence CemeteryBaileys Corner, Indiana

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/651386830

https://www.fold3.com/record/41191138/austin-r-parker-us-social-security-death-index

https://www.fold3.com/record/722694747/parker-austin-r-us-veterans-gravesites-ca1775-2019

https://www.fold3.com/record/84327947/austin-r-parker-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66507237/austin-r-parker

 

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/shacklett_crew_herington.shtml

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42-52618 Chief Warpello

Object number: UPL 71706 - B-24 42-52618 Chief 'Warpello' with Shacklett crew...