Edwin A Post

Military
media-19746.jpeg UPL 19746 1st scouting force /
1st Scouting Force Personnel Nov-44.
L - R (Standing) Andy Peterson - Adjutant; Robert Van Beynum - Intelligence; Dwight W Hartman & Dick Smith - pilots; Harold C Strain - Navigator; John Allen, William 'Bill' E Schofield & William E Cox - Pilots; Herman Meyer - Weather Officer.
L - R (Kneeling) Pilots - Edwin A Post, Robert C 'Bob' Burkholder, Phil Algar, Col. Budd Peaslee, Francis C Clark, Clifford R Buckles and Dale McCory

Object Number - UPL 19746 - 1st scouting force / 1st Scouting Force Personnel Nov-44. L - R (Standing) Andy Peterson - Adjutant; Robert Van Beynum - Intelligence; Dwight W...

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Gunner

Events

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Detached Service 1st Scouting Force

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End Tour of Duty (ETD)

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Transferred

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=339

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Contributorchuck3rd
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Grave marker

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ContributorAAM
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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