Earnest E Gallion
Military ROLL OF HONOURB-17 'Combined Operations' flew into a hill on the Isle of Man while en route to Langford Lodge in Ireland. Killed in Service (KIS).
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Combined Operations
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Texas, USA | 1 February 1924 | |
Died |
14 April 1945 | ||
Buried |
Plot G Row 6 Grave 6 |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added Earnest E Gallion's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford, UK.
https://www.abmc.gov/node/540022#.WzSrij-WyM8
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56289908/earnest-e-gallion
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
8th AF News, March 2001; First Over Germany / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia