Vern Moncur
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (1 x battle star).
Walter Edward Hein
Military
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S/Sgt Walter E. Hein :- DFC award card. 303BG.
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S/Sgt Walter E. Hein :- Air medal award card. 303BG.
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Vern Moncur crew. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).
Service
People
Units served with
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8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945. ... -
303rd Bomb Group
Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New... -
359th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-38050 'Thunder Bird'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 25/11/43; Syracuse 18/12/43; Presque Isle 22/12/43; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-U] Molesworth 18/1/44; transferred 384 Grafton Underwood 23/3/45; ret Molesworth 14/4/45; transferred 388BG Knettishall 30/4/45; 116m, retUS Bradley 11/7/45...
Associated Place
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Molesworth
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Philadelphia, PA | 31 August 1924 |
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Son of Charles E Hein. |
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| Enlisted | Philadelphia, PA | 16 October 1942 |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Based | Molesworth | 1944 – 1944 |
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Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Discharged USAAF | 20 October 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Cherry Hill, NJ | 1 December 2011 |
| Buried | Locustwood Memorial Park Cherry Hill, Camden County, NJ | 4 December 2011 |
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Locustwood Memorial Park |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 25 November 2021 21:03:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/675494963 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:50 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster |
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