441st Sub-Depot
Group
Faber Cripps
Military
Faber Cripps enlisted in March 1942 and was based at Bsssingbourn with the 91st BG from September 1942 - June 1945. He was sheet metal Crew Chief for the 401st Squadron and 441st sub depot.
He was a member of the American Legion, the Elks and the Masons and served as a volunteer at the Palm Springs Air Museum. He died 4th August 2003 being survived by his wife Mary Faith and two daughters.
Service
Units served with
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91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla... -
401st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 July 2020 12:46:33 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography and unit associations |
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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Faber Cripps. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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