George R Locke

Military

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Darrell Arthur Boucher

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-816778
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-110078

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shoo-Shoo Baby
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Copperhill, Tennessee 23 July 1918

Enlisted

Camp Blanding, Florida 5 August 1941

Based

Cluntoe 26 May 1944 Assigned with crew to the 2nd CCT&TS for theatre combat crew training prior to being assigned to the 453rd BG

Died

Chattanooga, Tennessee 12 July 1984

Buried

McCaysville, Georgia 15 July 1984 Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery McCaysville, Fannin County, Georgia, USA

Revisions

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Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=3714294…
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=4366276
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110708847
SO#142, HQ AAF Station 238, 26 May 1944
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111113942/person/14014…

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc