Darrell Boucher
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group
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Wallace Edward Habenicht
Military
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TSGT Wallace E. Habenicht Flight Engineer Darrell Boucher Crew 453rd BG - 735th BS
Service
People
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Ralph Miller
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 453rd Bomb Group
Flew missions over Germany and France from June 18, 1944 to September 13, 1944
Units served with
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453rd Bomb Group
Group
As well as strategic bombardment missions, the 453rd Bomb Group also ferried cargo on two occasions. They hauled petrol, blankets, and rations to France in September 1944 and dropped ammunition, food and medical supplies near Wesel during the airborne... -
735th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-110078 Shoo-Shoo Baby
B-24 Liberator
Associated Place
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Cluntoe
Military site : airfield
Cluntoe was built for the RAF in 1940-42, before being handed obver to the Eighth Air Force. It was used as a Combat Crew Replacement Centre for the training of crews, and was also home to the 311th Ferrying Squadron. It was closed after being handed... -
Old Buckenham
Military site : airfield
Allocated to the Eighth Air Force as a bomber base in 1942, Old Buckenham was built during 1942-43 with three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. The station was the exclusive home for the 453rd Bomb Group, equipped...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | King County, Washington | 28 May 1923 |
| Lived in | Ravensdale, Washington | 1940 |
| Enlisted | Tacoma, Washington | 14 January 1943 |
| Based | Cluntoe | 26 May 1944 |
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Assigned with crew to CCRTS for theatre combat crew training. |
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| Died | Sun City West, AZ | 13 November 2010 |
| Buried | Kent, Washington | |
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Tahoma National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 November 2019 01:27:44 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, awards, events and place associations |
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=7485903 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc |
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