Emil Francis DeQuardo
Military
Rear L-R: Kelvin Perkins, Wes Rabadeaux, Harry Griswold, AJ Joly, Edmund Floyd, Emil DeQuardo
Front L-R: Edward Gates, Lauri Kivimaki, Charles Kirkham, Joseph Frankie.
Object Number - UPL 51134 - Outhouse Mouse (42-31636 OR-N) 323rd BS, 91st BG Rear L-R: Kelvin Perkins, Wes Rabadeaux, Harry Griswold, AJ Joly, Edmund Floyd, Emil...
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Completed 35 missions over Germany from 30 August 1944 to 6 January 1945. Heaviest loss mission was 2 November 1944 raid on Merseberg, the only mission when we encountered enemy fighters. At least 14 or our 36 bombers were shot down.
Awards: AM (6OLC) BS (2OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Outhouse Mouse
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Waukesha, Wisconsin | 12 October 1924 | Son of Henry De Quardo. |
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Enlisted |
30 April 1943 | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
3 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
14 August 2007 | ||
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Buried |
Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Union Grove, Racine County, WI | 17 August 2007 | Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin |
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Based |
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self
