Virgil Bozeman

Military
media-23779.jpeg UPL 23779 Artwork of 466th BG officers drawn by 466th BG pilot and future longtime "New Yorker" cartoonist, Charles Saxon

Top Row Left to Right: Louis C. Wieser, O.P. Whittington, George Oyler, Collins, Everett Jones, Eugene Roberson, John J. Remillet

2nd Row Left to Right: Roger F. Hull, Harlan Oakes, John C. Jennison, Elvin Ligon, Brunow Feiling, Kenneth Keene, Norman D. Tilles

3rd Row Left to Right: Cecil Hoff, Ferdinand Fader, Vance J. Elliott, M.L.H. Post, Morse, Joseph West, Norman Crosson

4th Row Left to Right: Charles Saxon, James W. Hill, Ben Weiner, Everett Elkins, Paul W. Edge, Virgil Bozeman, Leslie W. Malone 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Archives - Everett Jones Papers

Object Number - UPL 23779 - Artwork of 466th BG officers drawn by 466th BG pilot and future longtime "New Yorker" cartoonist, Charles Saxon Top Row Left to Right: Louis C....

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

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

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Smith, AR, USA 6 June 1912

Died

Moline, IL, USA 9 March 2007 Virgil Bozeman, age 94, of Moline, IL, died on Friday, March 9, 2007, at Fairview Baptist Home in Downers Grove, IL. Virgil Bozeman was born June 6, 1912, to Virgil F. and Ethel O'Roark Bozeman in Fort Smith, AR. The family moved to Moline, IL in 1919 when Virgil's father was transferred to the John Deere Wagon Works in Moline. Virgil married Jean Stamm, in Moline, on June 5, 1949. He graduated from Moline High School in 1929, and attended the University of Illinois, the University of Iowa, and Augustana College, graduating from Southern Methodist University Law School in 1937 with the highest honors in law school. After graduating, he taught at SMU Law School. He practiced law in Dallas, TX before coming back to Moline in 1940, joining the law firm of Johnson, Railsback & Bozeman. In 1942, Virgil joined the U.S. Air Force, spending time in England during World War II in the Eighth Air Force. After the war, he returned to Moline, opening his own office, now known as Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe. He was selected to be a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and was a member of the American Insurance Counsel, the American Bar Association, a member of First Congregational Church, and member and past president of Moline Rotary Club. He served on the Moline Public Hospital Board for many years, and the Butterworth Board, which presented him a lifetime membership in 1999. He was also a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He was a member of the Western Golf Association, and the Short Hills Country Club, and was golf champion at Short Hills in 1928, 1930, and 1932.

Buried

Moline, IL, USA 15 March 2007
Rock Island, IL, USA 828 21st Street

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http://www.wendtfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=99227

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Object number: UPL 23779 - Artwork of 466th BG officers drawn by 466th BG...