(Above, From FOLD3.COM) Repair crew of the 305th Service Group, which was flown to the British Advanced Fighter Base in Chittagong, India to repair a Consolidated B-24 of the 9th Bomb Squadron, poses beside the plane. The Liberator had been forced to land at the base after it was severely damaged during a raid on Heho Burma, on 11 November 1943. (Read the details of the heroic efforts of this B-24's crew - HERE.)
Cpl. Gilmore F. Lunsford, ASN 13033808
Airplane Sheet Metal Worker
10th Air Force / 305th Air Service Group / 323rd Air Service Squadron
(Serviced the 7th Bomb Group's Combat Squadrons from Ondal, India)
Enlisted: 31 Dec 41
In Theater: 30 Nov 42 - 7 May 45
European-African-Middle Eastern Badge Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/1 Bronze Star
1 Service Stripe 5 Overseas Service Stripes
(Images/Info Courtesy of Gilmore F. Lunsford, Jr.)
Cpl. Lunsford, 2nd from right
Kneeling, L-R:
Cpl. Gilford Lunsford, SSgt. Beasley, Cpl. J.N. Adams, TSgt. C.K. Wilson, Sgt. W.J. Harkins
Standing, L-R:
TSgt. G.A. Miller, SSgt. C.H. Smith, 1st Lt. Irwin F. Klamm, SSgt. S.S. Smith, TSgt. Townsend
Standing, L-R: SSgt. Beasley, Cpl. Lunsford, Sgt. Harkins, TSgt. Miller, Lt. Klamm
Front, L-R: TSgt. Wilson, Cpl. Adams, SSgt. C.H. Smith, TSgt. Townsend, SSgt. S.S. Smith
Photo Collection of Cpl. Gilmore F. Lunsford
Cpl. Lunsford's Find-A-Grave.com Memorial
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