William Felix Combs

Military
Eight men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Four men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. There are bags on the ground in front of the men. UPL 69532 UPL 69532 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 4 August 1944/Peenemunde (R&D)
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Donald Ward (B), 1st Lt. James Hines (CA/CP), TSgt. Forrest Bemis (TT), 2nd Lt. William Combs (P).
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Kenneth Lord (N), SSgt. Harold Miller (BT), SSgt. Sun Pang (FG), Harold Hudson (RO).
Not Pictured: 2nd Lt. Lloyd LaChine (OBS/TG).

The Quentin Bland Collection.

https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35703/category/LeadCrews

544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 514 42-102661 Grafton Underwood Donald L Ward James W Hines Forrest James Bemis William Felix Combs Kenneth Smith Lord Harold A Miller Sun Wah Pang Harold E Hudson Lloyd E LaChine On

Object Number - UPL 69532 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 4 August 1944/Peenemunde (R&D) Back L-R: 2nd Lt. Donald Ward (B), 1st Lt. James Hines (CA/CP), TSgt. Forrest Bemis...

Flew 35 missions then flew gasoline to Pattons troops and brought back wounded and then flew a combat glider with troops to take them across the Rhine



DFC; Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

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Born

Texas 22 February 1912

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son

William Felix Combs: Gallery (2 items)

Eight men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Four men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. There are bags on the ground in front of the men.

Object number: UPL 69532 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 4 August 1944...

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 69584 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 1 August 1944...