William Russell Hedden

Military
media-55762.jpeg UPL 55762

Removed mission associations which are not depicted in the image. Associations made in his PERSON record.

Object Number - UPL 55762

Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on B-24 42-52653 'Sleepless Knights'





Awards: AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sleepless Knights
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Orange, NJ 16 May 1921

Enlisted

Santa Ana AAB, CA 7 December 1942 Santa Ana Aab, California

Based

Lavenham Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.487thBG.org roster

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