Fred Clifford Seals Jr

Military
media-55939.jpeg UPL 55939 Fred C Seals

Pictures from his Daughter in law Babette

Object Number - UPL 55939 - Fred C Seals

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew in WWII, The Berlin Airlift, Korea and Vietnam.





Awards: AM (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13203832
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38495864
  • Highest Rank: Corporal
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16121904
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 06273803
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39201262 / T-6051 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Belton, TX 9 April 1922 Son of Fred C Seals Sr.

Enlisted

College Station, TX 15 September 1942 College Station, Texas

Other

Marriage

Taft AFB, CA 1 April 1944 Married Dorothy Virginia Hardy.

Revisions

Date
ContributorRayWells
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Updated rank. He retired as a Colonel

Date
ContributorRayWells
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Info from his Daughter Babette

Date
ContributorAAM
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Fred Clifford Seals: Gallery (3 items)