Vincent S Cahill Jr

Military
media-17493.jpeg UPL 17493 Cahill McCool photos

McCool

Object Number - UPL 17493 - Cahill

He was recalled in 1951 staying in the Air Force for a total 33 years.



Air Medal w/ 4 Oak Leaf Cluster/ ACM/ EAMECM 4BS/ WWIIVM

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-50532

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Is this trip necessary? , Blonde Bombshell
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Dorchester, Massachusetts 22 October 1924

Revisions

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Ringmasters Spring 1996

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mccool

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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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