Walter Zerman
Military | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
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Vanig V Abrahamian
Military
Joined Sqd 7/6/44. Completed tour 12/11/44. Trans to ZOI 12/21/44. Pilot: Zerman.
Service
People
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44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti... -
68th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Shipdham
Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New York, USA | 1923 |
| Lived in | Erie County, NY, USA | January 1943 |
| Enlisted | Buffalo, NY, USA | 19 January 1943 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 June 2017 11:20:12 | Lucy May | Changes to role, events, person associations and place associations |
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https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:21 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp">http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp> |
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