Marvin Charles Bigelow
MilitaryAssigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2 kills and a probable. Hospitalised for two months with burns from landing accident Duxford 14-Mar-45.
Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Released from active duty Mar-47. Employed as a landman with Exxon Company.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-553413
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 495th Fighter Training Group 311th Ferry Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 78th Fighter Group 307th Fighter Squadron 83rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dayton, OH, USA | 21 August 1923 | Son of Wilbur Frances and Helen Wilhelmina [Irwin] Bigelow. |
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Enlisted |
Pennsylvania, USA | 19 February 1943 | Pennsylvania |
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Based |
Duxford | 23 October 1944 - 20 July 1945 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Crashed |
Creil, France | 16 November 1944 | Landing Accident Creil/A-81C Cat 3 damage Lt Marvin C Bigelow, 16-Nov-44. P-47D 42-75117 OTRU 8AF. |
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Other Crashed |
Sandweiler, Luxembourg | 20 February 1945 | Landing Accident Sandweiler/A-97 Cat 3 damage Lt Marvin C Bigelow, 20-Feb-45. P-51K1 44-11358 - 83FS 78FG 8AF. |
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Other Crashed |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK | 14 March 1945 | Landing Accident Duxford/Sta 357 Cat 4 damage Lt Marvin C Bigelow, 14-Mar-45. P-51D20 44-72036 - 83FS 78FG 8AF |
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Other Promotion |
Duxford, Cambridge CB22, UK | 4 April 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | 20 July 1945 | Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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Buried |
Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX | 7 February 1993 | Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas |
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Died |
Houston, TX, USA | 3 March 1993 | |
| Watsontown, PA, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133
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