John Amos
2/21/2007 10:18:41 PM | I have very recently obtained the military personnel record of my dad, Paul J. Amos ser# 15091243. He was a waist gunner and had been wounded in his left thigh by flak. According to the records that I have obtained he received the purple heart medal while assigned to the 401st Bomb Grp, 614th Bomb Squadron for wounds received on a bombing mission 11 April 1944. I have checked out the website and located a photo of my father as a member of CPT Stimson's crew of the 614th. I was able to make this identification by the photograph of the crew which includes my father. What is disturbing is that his name is not included as a member of the crew. I don't quite follow how this can be and wonder if anyone can shed some light on it for me?? Interestingly enough he arrived in England 31 Aug 42 and departed 6 Nov 44. The records I possess fail to provide any details concerning his assignments. What I have comes from the "Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge" and three Records of Decoration for the "Air Medal(2)" and the "Purple Heart".
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