Gustave Allen Duhon

Military
media-27021.jpeg UPL 27021 Bradley Crew - Assigned 754th Squadron - June 7, 1944.
Standing: Roy Cook - WG, Gus Duhon - BTG, Louie Ratto - TG, E.J. Pyle - RO, Allen Tuten - E, Bob Cowan - TTG
Kneeling: George Bradley - P, Dick McGough - N, Bart Catanzaro - CP, James Evans - B

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Object Number - UPL 27021 - Bradley Crew - Assigned 754th Squadron - June 7, 1944. Standing: Roy Cook - WG, Gus Duhon - BTG, Louie Ratto - TG, E.J. Pyle - RO, Allen Tuten - E,...

Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).

Awards: DFC, 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
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

George P Bradley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-693610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber / Fighter pilot

Aircraft

41-28682

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

41-28735

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron 755th Bomb Squadron

41-28963

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

41-29276

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Rotten Sock | Urgin Virgin
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron

41-29350

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Spare Parts
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Louisiana, USA 14 December 1922

Enlisted

Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX, USA 10 December 1942 Duncan Field San Antonio Texas, USA

Based

Horsham St Faith 7 June 1944 Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

End Tour Duty (ETD)

England, UK Completed Tour Duty (ETD).
Bexar County, TX, USA

Revisions

Date29 May 2021 17:40:49
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to middlename, biography and events
Sources

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Date27 May 2021 10:54:54
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ChangesChanges to unit associations
Sources

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

Date2 Apr 2017 18:37:10
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/page/84891255_gustave_a%20duhon/details/

Date27 Sep 2014 18:11:43
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.458bg.com/crewbradley.htm

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