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If he stayed in through 1947 he might have ended up as AF in the end. _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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| Nature is full of magnificent creatures |
SgtGold was kind enough to look at the photo and notice what he believes is a US Army Air Corps Gunner Badge on his uniform. This makes me want to learn more about my Great Uncle's WWII service. This is the badge on an AF uniform according to wikipedia:  According to his BIRLS file, he had two enlistments: The first enlistment started in March of 1943 and ended in May of 1950. The second enlistment was from July to August of 1968. Records 62 years old or older are available as public records. I am hoping the second enlistment will not preclude release of the earlier files. I am planning to ask for them anyway, in the hope I can learn what he did during WWII. | |||
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There is a book out there that might help you. It's called "Finding Your Father's War". Its $20 on Amazon. | |||
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| Nature is full of magnificent creatures |
My Mom came across some family photos of her Uncle, including a bunch of combat mission photos. I was so excited to see these photos, I can hardly type. I'm trying to identify the US Army bomber variants in the photos. One photo shows a Spitfire right on their wing with 809 clearly visible. A number of photos show bombers in formation dropping bombs. There is a photo of a sign which says "92nd Bomb Group Headquarters." One photo shows him with his leather cap on holding onto a 50 cal machine gun. Behind him is another man holding a 50 cal pointed out the opposite side of the plane. One photo shows a dark two-spired Cathedral near a bombed out bridge. I believe that photo is of Cologne, Germany. One of the crew photos shows a bunch of men and one of them has a t-shirt on that reads "Army Air Base Salt Lake City, Utah". I'm curious where that would have been. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
The 92nd Bombardment Group flew B-17s.
Salt Lake City Army Air Base and the neighboring Kearns Army Air Base were Army Air Force training depots from mid-1942, used primarily for the training of new recruits for use as replacements for overseas Army Air Force units. Salt Lake City AAB was the existing Salt Lake City municipal airport, part of which was taken over for use by the Army Air Force. SLC AAB became the current SLC International Airport. Kearns AAB is now South Valley Regional Airport. | |||
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| fugitive from reality |
The 92 Bombardment Group flew B-17's for the entire war. Spitfire's were used as escort for the first leg of the long range mission as they were relatively short ranged aircraft compared to the P-47 and P-51. 809 could be an individual aircraft number or something else. Seeing the pictures would help. _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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