Rufus Don Saylor
Military
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UPL 55093
1LT Rufus Don Saylor (with wife, Alice)
Pilot
340th Bomb Group - 488th Bomb Squadron - 12th AF
Pilot
340th Bomb Group - 488th Bomb Squadron - 12th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Comiso Airport
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Kabrit
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Lima, Ohio | 31 May 1918 | |
Enlisted |
Columbus, Indiana | 5 December 1941 | Atterbury Army Airfield |
Other Combat Mission |
Comiso, Italy | 3 July 1943 | 42-53452 |
Other Combat Mission |
Kalamaki, Greece | 17 November 1943 | 42-53564 |
Died |
Bowling Green, Ohio | 25 June 2007 | |
Buried |
Bowling Green, Ohio | 28 June 2007 | Oak Grove Cemetery Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA PLOT sec. A |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92976656/rufus-d-saylor
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=935791&…
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/501398568:2190?tid=&p…
http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/340thMissi…
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4251051:1502?tid=&pid…