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United States. Army--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

David Westheimer papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 16 (01.0407-01.0420), Folder: 01.0418 - Folder
Identifier: 01.0418
Scope and Contents

This collection relates to David Westheimer who served as a 1st Lieutenant Navigator on a B-24 Bomber with the 457th Bomb Group during World War II and was shot down over Italy where he became a POW. This collection consists of an oral history transcript of David Westheimer.

Dates: Created: 1941-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1943; Other: Date acquired: 01/14/2000

Elwood Harry Fredrickson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 07.0116
Scope and Contents

This collection pertains to First Lieutenant Elwood Harry Fredrickson who served as a bombardier in the 743rd Bomb Squadron, 455th Bomb Group. The collection contains flight records, textbooks and notes from flight school, assignments from flight school, various documents regarding Fredrickson’s postings, personnel lists, volumes one and two of the 455th Bomb Group Journal, booklets on aviation and cadet life, various receipts, certificates and photographs.

Dates: Created: 1943-1952; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 10/16/2007

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B-24 (Bomber) 1
Bombardiers. 1
Bombing, Aerial 1
Camp Upton (N.Y.) 1
Fort Dix Army Air Base (N.J.) 1