Hugh Nathaniel Bland

Military
media-36975.jpeg UPL 36975 "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, England. 6 February 1944."

Rear L-R: Capt Jack B. Fawcett, Maj Glyn F Shumake, Capt Donald Gamble, Capt Norman Nels Jacobsen, 1Lt Hobart H Steely

Front L-R: S/Sgt Francis H Stender, S/Sgt Norvile Vaughn, S/Sgt David L Wilson, T/Sgt Hugh N Bland, S/Sgt Norman M Clark, T/Sgt Richard G Scharch

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Object Number - UPL 36975 - "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew on bombing mission to Dijon-Longvic, France, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. 358th Bomb...

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions.



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tallahassee, FL 22 February 1913

Died

8 January 1958

Buried

Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove, IA 14 January 1958 Rose Hill Cemetery Eagle Grove, Wright County, IA

Based

Molesworth Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.
Peoria, IL Stepfather John H Sweet noted on draft registration.
Los Angeles, CA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster

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Object number: UPL 36975 - "Major Shumake and Captain Gamble with lead crew...