Carl George Kressin

Military
media-33185.jpeg UPL 33185 First Lieutenant Ellsworth H. Shields and his crew at 458th BG, Horsham St Faith, England.
STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Vernon Gilbertson - TG, Ralph Chavkin - BTG, Edward Wilk - NTG, Paul Peters - WG, Ellsworth Shields - RO, Carl Kressin - E
KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT: Roger Williams - N, Matthew Dorfman - B, Louis Vehslage - P, Lyall Barnhart - CP (to become Pilot in Jan. 1945. ) Charles D Taylor collection

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Object Number - UPL 33185 - First Lieutenant Ellsworth H. Shields and his crew at 458th BG, Horsham St Faith, England. STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: Vernon Gilbertson - TG, Ralph...

Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

Lyall Barnhart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 25th Bomb Group 458th Bomb Group 653rd Bomb Squadron 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771615
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot

Ralph Chavkin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32802729
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Matthew Bernard Dorfman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-773314
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Vernon Everett Gilbertson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36762332
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Paul W Peters

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33683850
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-51561

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lucky 1
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hammond, IN 2 October 1919 Son of Arthur Otto William and Jane Beatrice Kressin.

Enlisted

4 June 1940

Other

Discharged USAAF

19 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

3 January 1974

Buried

Fairview Cemetery Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN 6 January 1974 Fairview Cemetery Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Based

Horsham St Faith Assigned to 752BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.458bg.com/crewbj129vehslage.htm

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

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