John Thomas Cordoue

Military

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Fred Seals crew.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Fred Clifford Seals

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18073060 / O-555645
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: 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.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Yeadon, PA 24 June 1925 Son of Ernest A. and Frances E. (McClean) Cordoue.

Enlisted

Philadelphia, PA 23 June 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sioux City, IA Sioux City, Iowa

Based

Eye Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

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Sources

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