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Marion Cecil McCombs

Military

Assigned to 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "Mary Co-Ed II" of the 434th Troop Carrier Group. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group .

434th Troop Carrier Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Troop Carrier

73rd Troop Carrier Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

Aircraft

43-15201

Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Unit: 434th Troop Carrier Group 73rd Troop Carrier Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Aldermaston airfield looking south, C-47 Skytrains are parked on grass and Horsa gliders in the revetments, a B-17 Flying Fortress is taxying on the runway; the control tower is in the centre with T2 hangars above, 10 July 1946. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1646. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Aldermaston

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Oskalosia, IA	5 October 1902
Enlisted	Los Angeles, CA	20 August 1942	Los Angeles, California
	Ventura, CA
Based	Aldermaston		Assigned to 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF USAAF.
Died
Buried	Bellfountaine Cemetery, Mahaska County, IA		Bellefountaine Cemetery Scott Township, Mahaska County, IA

Revisions

Date11 Jun 2019 13:00:09

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/629861176
https://www.fold3.com/image/28671240
https://www.fold3.com/record/91076981-marion-c-mccombs
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102325189/marion-cecil-mccombs