Engineer T/Sgt. Jay Marvin Byrd
Hometown:
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf Cluster.
Pilot 1st/Lt. James E. Muldoon
Serial Number:
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
As Captain in the 578th Bomb Squadron James Muldoon flew combat missions in
August 1944 both as Co pilot on Command ship and pilot of this crew. Jay Byrd
was Engineer with this crew on several missions.
Muldoon Crew
Col.
Lawrence G. Gilbert Command Pilot
1st/Lt.
James E. Muldoon Pilot
1st/Lt. William F. Kohl Co Pilot
1st/Lt. Ben Ortenberg Navigator
Major.
Kenneth Q. Paddock Navigator
2nd/Lt. Ernest R. Morton Bombardier
2nd/Lt. Harold F. Weiland Bombardier
T/Sgt.
Jay Marvin Byrd Engineer
T/Sgt. H.E. Ellingson Engineer
T/Sgt. L.V. DeHoff Radio Op.
S/Sgt.
Junior W. Bluejacket Gunner
S/Sgt. Jesse Allen Carpenter Gunner
S/Sgt. Lawrence H. Brent Gunner
A special thanks to John Dowdy for the above information and the picture he added to this memorial.
Thanks James Tate for the pictures of the headstone.
Hometown:
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf Cluster.
Pilot 1st/Lt. James E. Muldoon
Serial Number:
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
As Captain in the 578th Bomb Squadron James Muldoon flew combat missions in
August 1944 both as Co pilot on Command ship and pilot of this crew. Jay Byrd
was Engineer with this crew on several missions.
Muldoon Crew
Col.
Lawrence G. Gilbert Command Pilot
1st/Lt.
James E. Muldoon Pilot
1st/Lt. William F. Kohl Co Pilot
1st/Lt. Ben Ortenberg Navigator
Major.
Kenneth Q. Paddock Navigator
2nd/Lt. Ernest R. Morton Bombardier
2nd/Lt. Harold F. Weiland Bombardier
T/Sgt.
Jay Marvin Byrd Engineer
T/Sgt. H.E. Ellingson Engineer
T/Sgt. L.V. DeHoff Radio Op.
S/Sgt.
Junior W. Bluejacket Gunner
S/Sgt. Jesse Allen Carpenter Gunner
S/Sgt. Lawrence H. Brent Gunner
A special thanks to John Dowdy for the above information and the picture he added to this memorial.
Thanks James Tate for the pictures of the headstone.
Engineer T/Sgt. Jay Marvin Byrd
Hometown:
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf Cluster.
Pilot 1st/Lt. James E. Muldoon
Serial Number:
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
As Captain in the 578th Bomb Squadron James Muldoon flew combat missions in
August 1944 both as Co pilot on Command ship and pilot of this crew. Jay Byrd
was Engineer with this crew on several missions.
Muldoon Crew
Col.
Lawrence G. Gilbert Command Pilot
1st/Lt.
James E. Muldoon Pilot
1st/Lt. William F. Kohl Co Pilot
1st/Lt. Ben Ortenberg Navigator
Major.
Kenneth Q. Paddock Navigator
2nd/Lt. Ernest R. Morton Bombardier
2nd/Lt. Harold F. Weiland Bombardier
T/Sgt.
Jay Marvin Byrd Engineer
T/Sgt. H.E. Ellingson Engineer
T/Sgt. L.V. DeHoff Radio Op.
S/Sgt.
Junior W. Bluejacket Gunner
S/Sgt. Jesse Allen Carpenter Gunner
S/Sgt. Lawrence H. Brent Gunner
A special thanks to John Dowdy for the above information and the picture he added to this memorial.
Thanks James Tate for the pictures of the headstone.
Hometown:
Squadron: 578th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service #
Awards: Air Medal with Oak leaf Cluster.
Pilot 1st/Lt. James E. Muldoon
Serial Number:
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location:
Cause:
As Captain in the 578th Bomb Squadron James Muldoon flew combat missions in
August 1944 both as Co pilot on Command ship and pilot of this crew. Jay Byrd
was Engineer with this crew on several missions.
Muldoon Crew
Col.
Lawrence G. Gilbert Command Pilot
1st/Lt.
James E. Muldoon Pilot
1st/Lt. William F. Kohl Co Pilot
1st/Lt. Ben Ortenberg Navigator
Major.
Kenneth Q. Paddock Navigator
2nd/Lt. Ernest R. Morton Bombardier
2nd/Lt. Harold F. Weiland Bombardier
T/Sgt.
Jay Marvin Byrd Engineer
T/Sgt. H.E. Ellingson Engineer
T/Sgt. L.V. DeHoff Radio Op.
S/Sgt.
Junior W. Bluejacket Gunner
S/Sgt. Jesse Allen Carpenter Gunner
S/Sgt. Lawrence H. Brent Gunner
A special thanks to John Dowdy for the above information and the picture he added to this memorial.
Thanks James Tate for the pictures of the headstone.
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