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Sgt Robert L Doremus, 301BG "Robert L Doremus of Henrietta, OK. 20 yr old waist gunner on the flying Fortress in which AP Correspondant Wes Gallagher witnessed a big raid on Tunis, goes into action against enemy fighters approaching the bomber. Gallagher took the picture."
His Gun Blazes in Raid Over Tunis Calm, but with determined accuracy, waist-gunner Robert L. Doremus controls his blazing gun as he directs fire at enemy planes. This action took place when Flying Fortresses accompanied by the deadly P-38s bombed Tunis in one of the biggest air raids on the Tunisian front. Twenty-year-old Doremus of Henrietta, Okla., hero of the operation, kept his guns going all the time.
Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 8AF USAAF. Waist Gunner aboard B-17 41-24352 'Holey Joe', 1942-43. Retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Chief Master Sergeant in the 1960's.
Awards: SS, AM (9OLC), GC, PH, Distinguished Unit Citation, Outstanding Unit Award (OLC), AF Commendation Medal (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 Battle Stars), National Defense, American Campaign and Defence Medals.
Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for...
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B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 352BS/301BG Chelveston 7/42; Tafaraoui 24/11/42; crash landed Mateur 9/5/43 40m with George Peabody; flak damage 6/11/43; Returned to the USA 22/10/43; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 31/10/45....
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Stigler, Oklahoma | 30 March 1923 |
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Son of W W Doremus. |
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| Enlisted | 1942 | |
| Based | Lucera | 1943 – 1943 |
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Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Tacoma, WA, USA | 2 November 2007 |
| Buried | Haven of Rest Cemetery Gig Harbor, Pierce County, WA, | 5 November 2007 |
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Haven of Rest Cemetery |
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| 14 September 2021 13:08:03 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, role, biography, events and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/612716696 |
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| 12 September 2021 16:53:16 | jmchristel | Changes to biography |
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Corrected punctuation. |
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| 12 September 2021 16:52:21 | jmchristel | Changes to highest rank |
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Ancestry.com |
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| 12 September 2021 16:51:36 | jmchristel | Changes to biography |
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Ancestry.com; NARA: USAF Award Cards |
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| 12 September 2021 16:48:10 | jmchristel | Changes to awards |
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NARA: USAF Award Cards |
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| 12 September 2021 16:46:48 | jmchristel | Changes to biography |
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Ancestry.com; NARA AF award cards |
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| 30 January 2021 03:52:19 | jmchristel | Changes to biography |
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Updated bio |
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| 30 January 2021 03:51:00 | jmchristel | Changes to awards |
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Added NDSM to awards. |
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| 30 January 2021 03:50:24 | jmchristel | Changes to awards |
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Added OLC to the Air Medal. |
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| 04 January 2015 03:47:03 | jmchristel | Changes to awards |
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WWII Enlistment Records |
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| 10 November 2014 02:10:09 | jmchristel | Changes to biography |
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Corrected spelling |
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| 02 November 2014 04:57:43 | jmchristel | Changes to awards |
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| 01 November 2014 21:30:14 | jmchristel | Changes to events |
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Ancestry.com |
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| 01 November 2014 21:28:08 | jmchristel | Changes to biography and events |
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Ancestry.com |
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| 01 November 2014 21:27:18 | jmchristel | Changes to biography |
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Ancestry.com |
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| 01 November 2014 21:26:15 | jmchristel | Changes to aircraft associations |
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| 01 November 2014 21:18:46 | jmchristel | Changes to unit associations |
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| 27 September 2014 18:23:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self |
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