Earl C Hawthorne
MilitaryLetter from Jack Fisk, Royal Army, to Earl C Hawthorne, American from Kansas. Letter discovered by Jessie Smith of Billings, Montana in antique hat box at Liberty and Vine on September 4, 2021 , a mercantile and antique store. Booth owner Kim recovered the hatbox from her sister’s estate about 6 weeks previous and never looked inside. At time of this posting, Kim is unsure if letter is related to her own family, or something her sister accumulated during years of collecting. The author of the letter, Jack Fisk, painted the nose art on the Huckleberry Duck.
Member of McMullen crew
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia