Military
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Promoted to Staff Sergeant on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #11 dated 13 January 1945.
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
Headquarters
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New York, NY, USA | 1924 |
| Enlisted | New York, NY, USA | 13 November 1942 |
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Residence: Kings County, New York |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 11 February 2016 00:09:08 | bombercommand | Changes to surname, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5021 https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=893&sc=24994... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:13:31 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a... |
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