Joseph V Principe

Military

Object Number - UPL 38500 - Joseph V. Principe. 1943. Blackland Army Airfield

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Units served with

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.

68th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Henry T Chiba

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs 68th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0712502
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator B24

Revisions

Date13 Jun 2021 22:28:58
ContributorChiba1153
Sources

My fathers pilot

Date21 May 2019 23:24:37
ContributorVetResearch23
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Blackland Army Airfield 43-I yearbook.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:35
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp

Joseph V Principe: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 38500 - Joseph V. Principe. 1943. Blackland Army Airfield

Object number: UPL 50534 - Lt Henry T. Chiba, Nav, 2nd row, 2nd from left. JV...

Object number: UPL 50535 - Principe’s crew, Shipdham, 68SQ, 44BG, Spring 1944...

Object number: UPL 50537 - Principe’s crew Shipdham