Eldon J. Broman Crew
95th BG - 335th BS
Standing Left to Right: Trammell H. Hollis (WG), Paul D. Guiteras (B), Mitchell L. McArthur (BTG), Thomas Kelly (TG), Herbert N. Riddle (WG), William H. Fowler (N), John H. Chaffin (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Bellora (FE), Eldon J. Broman (P), Warren D. Thomas (RO)
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Units
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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People
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Military | Master Sergeant | Flight Engineer/Waist Gunner
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz', Prisoner of War (POW) - MACR 1118.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Waist Gunner/Flight Engineer
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Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Radio Operator
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30272 'Fritz Blitz', Prisoner of War (POW).
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Chief Master Sergeant after serving in WW2, Korea and Vietnam.