James Howard Gist
Military
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UPL 17268
LT James H. Gist (N), LT Robert W. Owens (CP), LT John H. Blumenstock (P)
all officers of Crew #652/475 - John Blumenstock Crew
all officers of Crew #652/475 - John Blumenstock Crew
466th BG Historian
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hard T Find
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Fran
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Solgohachia, AR 72156, USA | 1 January 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR, USA | 18 September 1942 | |
Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK | 25 August 1944 - 19 March 1945 | |
Died |
Solgohachia, AR 72156, USA | 28 September 2012 | |
Buried |
Solgohachia, AR 72156, USA | 1 October 2012 | Solgohachia Friendship Cemetery Solgohachia Conway County Arkansas, USA |
Conway, AR, USA | 1604 Caldwell Street |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p345