Harold Berman
Military
Object Number - UPL 6365 - Prosper F. Pinto Crew Lost on their first mission when they collided with another 466th BG in thick clouds during assembly for the 27 March 1944...
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He achieved a triple rating of Navigator/Bombardier/Radar Operator. Flew in B-36's and B-52's as well as being involved with the Minuteman missile program.
He was an accomplished violinist.
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Pegasus
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Haverhill, MA, USA | 13 March 1917 | Son of Jacob and Sarah (SCHIFF) BERMAN |
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Other Combat Mission |
Melun, France | 24 May 1944 | "Tevelin and Captain Berman in the lead ship were certainly on the ball up there today. We were exactly on course most of the way, and on time. Unusual!" - Quote from the combat log of Claude Meconis |
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Died |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 1 July 2003 | Veteran of World War II. Attended New England Conservatory of Music prior to enlisting in the Army in 1936. Received a commission in the Air Force. A violinist, he performed for many years with the Trinity Community Symphony Orchestra. |
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Buried |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 5 July 2003 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA Plot: Section 34 Site 102 |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | Enlisted into the Air Corps in 1940 after serving 3 years in the infantry. Flew 30 Combat Missions with 466th BG. Served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, retiring in 1964 as Lt. Col. |
Revisions
Highest rank refers to during the war.
Biography in the 8th Army Air Corps yearbook (1995); NARA records; Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery records.
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 466th BG Historian;
- https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3928/41263_2421406273_0290-00429?pi...
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8613536/harold-berman/photo;
- Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom page 248;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343
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"Second Air Division" - page 175
Attlebridge Diaries - John Woolnough
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5496 & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 206
