Erwin H Halvorson
MilitaryInformation provided by Mervyn Wilson, 379th BGA historian.
Official caption via Fold 3 wrongly states that the crew is from the 524th Bomb Squadron.
Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME, National defence, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean and Vietnamese conflicts flying a total of 644 combat missions and rising to the rank of Lt Colonel, retired in Jan-68.
Connections
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12024193
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13116882 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39334130
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Swamp Fire
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Terry, MT | 4 January 1922 | Son of Edward Orval and Clara E [Anderson] Halvorson. |
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT | 4 June 1942 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Died |
Bozeman, MT | 20 September 2016 | |
Buried |
Sunset Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, MT | 29 September 2016 | Sunset Hills Cemetery Bozeman, Gallatin County, MT |
Based |
Kimbolton | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/200774177?rec=200774224
https://www.fold3.com/record/84968817-erwin-h-halvorson
https://sites.google.com/site/swampfireorg/home/photo-album-crew/-erwin…
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?n…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170498966/erwin-h_-halvorson
379th Bombardment Group Anthology pg 128 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia