E J Pyle
Military
Standing: Roy Cook - WG, Gus Duhon - BTG, Louie Ratto - TG, E.J. Pyle - RO, Allen Tuten - E, Bob Cowan - TTG
Kneeling: George Bradley - P, Dick McGough - N, Bart Catanzaro - CP, James Evans - B
Object Number - UPL 27021 - Bradley Crew - Assigned 754th Squadron - June 7, 1944. Standing: Roy Cook - WG, Gus Duhon - BTG, Louie Ratto - TG, E.J. Pyle - RO, Allen Tuten - E,...
Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. Completed Tour Duty (ETD).
Awards: DFC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: Attended Arkansas Tech and graduated from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Retired from Kraft Foods in 1986 after more than 30 years, managing Kraft cheese plants in several states, including Missouri, North Carolina, Kentucky and Minnesota.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693610
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber / Fighter pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron 755th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 752nd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Rotten Sock | Urgin Virgin
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 753rd Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ill be Back
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bruno, AR 72682, USA | 24 August 1923 | Son of C G (Gib) and Essie [Atkins] Pyle. |
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Based |
Horsham St Faith | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 754BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Davenport, FL, USA | 10 January 2017 | |
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Buried |
Kansas City, Missouri | Laid to rest beside his wife Betty and daughters Linda and Deborah in Kansas City, Missouri. | |
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Other End Tour Duty (ETD) |
England, UK | Completed Tour Duty (ETD). | |
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised - Tonsillitus, discharged, RTD | ||
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Enlisted |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/614497950
https://www.fold3.com/record/706507124/blank-us-wwii-hospital-admission…
https://harrisondaily.com/stories/ej-pyle,45002 - obit confirms no forenames just initials
Flagged as a "NAME_ISSUE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Page 380 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) &
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