Darrell Boucher
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 453rd Bomb Group
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Military
Group
As well as strategic bombardment missions, the 453rd Bomb Group also ferried cargo on two occasions. They hauled petrol, blankets, and rations to France in September 1944 and dropped ammunition, food and medical supplies near Wesel during the airborne...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
Military site : airfield
Cluntoe was built for the RAF in 1940-42, before being handed obver to the Eighth Air Force. It was used as a Combat Crew Replacement Centre for the training of crews, and was also home to the 311th Ferrying Squadron. It was closed after being handed...
Military site : airfield
Allocated to the Eighth Air Force as a bomber base in 1942, Old Buckenham was built during 1942-43 with three concrete runways, 50 loop hardstandings and two dispersed T2 hangars. The station was the exclusive home for the 453rd Bomb Group, equipped...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | 25 August 1922 | |
Lived in | Cuyahoga County, Ohio | 1943 |
Enlisted | Cleveland, Ohio | 17 February 1943 |
Based | Cluntoe | 26 May 1944 |
Assigned with crew for theatre combat crew training |
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Buried | Cleveland, Ohio | March 1947 |
Calvary Cemetery |
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Died | Wickliffe, Ohio | 2 March 1947 |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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30 October 2019 21:45:07 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=5261777 |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:08:13 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc |