Merle C Hamilton
MilitaryAssigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: SS, DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wabbit Twacks III Boots III
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 413th Bomb Squadron 612th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Knox County, NE | 21 January 1919 | Son of George Eric and Frieda Anna [Behrend] Hamilton. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Crook, NE | 26 September 1941 | Fort Crook, Nebraska |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
29 November 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
12 August 1982 | ||
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Buried |
Orchard Hill Cemetery Orchard, Antelope County, NE | 15 August 1982 | Orchard Hill Cemetery Orchard, Antelope County, Nebraska |
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Based |
Snetterton Heath | Assigned to 413BS, 96BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons, pg 283