Horace Furman Pair
Military
LTGEN Lewis Brereton
Pair was a pilot in the 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
Object Number - UPL 48398 - 1LT Horace Furman Pair receiving an award from LTGEN Lewis Brereton Pair was a pilot in the 416th BG - 671st BS - 9th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Snooks
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Jiggs
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Dinah Might
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Reida Rae
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Melun, Alsace
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Avondale Estates, Georgia | 27 June 1918 | |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 16 October 1940 | 761 Lee Street SW | |
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Other First 416th BG Combat Mission |
Wisques, France | 19 March 1944 | |
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Other Crash Landing/Purple Heart/DFC |
Sussex Coast, UK | 19 March 1944 | One of our Pilots would not be with us on the first April mission, however. He was 2nd Lt. Horace F. Pair. Lt. Pair had broken an ankle when he crashed and his plane, returning from a mission in March. On the 4th he was transferred to the 48th General Hospital. ... Among the awards was the DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. It was awarded to Lt Horace F. Pair, who, returning from a flak filled mission over France brought his plane back to England where he crash-landed. His skill and courage saved the lives of himself and his men. One of the guners, S/Sgt Victor P. Adams, forsaking all thoughts of his personal safety, fought to pull Lt Pair, who leg had been broken, from the plane that was already on fire and was threatening to explode. S/Sgt Adams was awarded the Soldiers' Medal for his "heroism in the face of great danger and the devotion shown for his pilot in the peril of death." This time the flak became more accurate, hitting an engine on Lt. Pair's ship. He pulled out of formation and headed back to England. He feathered the prop and crashlanded on the coast. In the meantime his two gunners, S/Sgt. Marion and S/Sgt. Adams, were believed to have bailed out and landed safely. [NOTE: Adams did not bail out, but Both gunners, S/Sgt. Victor P. Adams, and S/Sgt. Herbert A. Marion, received only minor injuries.] Lt. Pair, however, in the crash landing, suffered what was thought at first to be serious injuries, but which later proved to be moderate injuries. Lt. Pair received treatment in the Royal Sussex hospital and was expected that he would return shortly. A-20G 43-9751 |
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Other Final 416th BG Combat Mission |
Stod, Czech Republic | 3 May 1945 | |
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Died |
Lomita, California | 14 December 2002 |
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