Carl John Gjelhaug
Military
family collection
Object Number - UPL 32391 - Carl John Gjelhaug
Carl Gjelhaug served as a pilot with the 707th Bomb Squadron of the 446th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Bungay, England. He arrived in England November 1944
right out of training and departed July 1945. He left the Army Air Corp after the war, got his BA at Georgetown University, Washington DC and came back in the Air Force in time for the Korean War. He retired in 1978 from March AFB in Riverside, California, after having served primarily in 8th Air Force.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Goin' My Way
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
3 February 1924 | ||
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Enlisted |
4 February 1943 | ||
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Died |
4 February 2008 | ||
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Buried |
Riverside National Cemetery |
Revisions
Added connections from info in caption of image FRE 1745:
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/1136
Lee Cunningham 6-Feb-2015. Deleted duplicate blank enlistment events.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 276 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co, 1998 edition
