Cecil Delwin Hobdey

Military
media-7358.jpeg UPL 7358 Harry Walter Neville Crew
Standing L-R: Cecil B. Hobdey (N), Harry W. Neville (P), John G. McNamara (CP), Horace B. Denton (B)
Kneeling L-R: Robert W. Olson (TG), Jack R. Harper (FG), Unidentified 1, Unidentified 2, Obert M. Lay (R)

To be identified: Angelo DeLauri (ETTG), Stanley J. Kania (BT)

Aircraft: 42-102518 JD-K, DAMN YANKEE

Object Number - UPL 7358 - Harry Walter Neville Crew Standing L-R: Cecil B. Hobdey (N), Harry W. Neville (P), John G. McNamara (CP), Horace B. Denton (B) Kneeling L-R:...

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Harry Neville crew. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 385th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Hagerman, ID 10 March 1923 Son of Arthur Tankard and Gertrude Irene [Fletcher] Hobdey.

Enlisted

Salt Lake City, UT 10 October 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah

Other

Discharged USAAF

12 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Gooding, ID 5 March 1999

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, Gooding County, ID 8 March 1999 Elmwood Cemetery Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho

Based

Grafton Underwood Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

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