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Paul M Gidel

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Paul flew on 13 combat missions before being shot down on 6/18/44 landing in Sweden in B-24 #44-40159 'Battling Boops', Interned (INT). Whilst in internment they were one day flown out by a B-24 which had brought a load of ball bearings to Stockholm - a cargo which was passed on to the Germans- who in exchange allowed a plane load of internees to fly out. In any event he got back to the USA, was discharged in November 1945 and then called back during Korean War. He afterwards returned to farming.

Air Medal with 2 clusters

Service

Units served with

  • 492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)

    492nd Bomb Group (Heavy)

    Group
    The 492nd Bomb Group were assigned to the 8th Air Force in April 1944. They flew 60 missions over occupied Europe from 11 May 1944 until 7 August 1944. ...

  • 859th Bomb Squadron

    859th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Events

Event Location Date
Born Summerville, Massachusetts, USA
Interned Sweden 18 May 1944
Lived in Lake City, IA 51449, USA
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
17129162
Highest rank
Staff Sergeant
Role/job
Left Waist Gunner
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
13 June 2022 09:55:10 White-Knight Changes to service number
Sources

MACR 6767
Date Contributor Update
06 March 2022 10:46:11 Helen Changes to biography
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Iowans of the Mighty 8th
Date Contributor Update
16 April 2020 03:47:10 jmoore43 Changes to biography
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:21:16 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6767 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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