Harold W Burdekin
Military
Harold W. Burdekin Records
Object Number - UPL 21070 - Captain Harold W. Burdekin
An aviation cadet in 1942 Burdekin was first assigned to Instructor School at Maxwell Field Alabama. He later formed up with his B-24 crew and was to fly on 33 combat missions with them; 10 as lead crew. He afterwards was briefly an airline pilot then for many years with General Electric etc. retiring in 1982.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-2056366
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Miss Dede Bee
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: 255 6x p-
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: 493
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: So round, so firm, so fully packed 6x w
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tubarao
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
ContributorCebby
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Aircraft Flown by the Burdekin Crew from Harold W. Burdekin Records & Allan Blue
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history
