Bruce C. Williams
Williams
Bruce C.
**
World War, 1939-1945
Army Air Forces/Corps
492nd Group Squadron, 7th Bomb Group
Major
China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
Unknown
Veteran
Cpl. Bruce Williams during basic training, Newport News, VA [11/1942]
Cpl. Bruce Williams (right) and Cpl. Clyde Decker in basic training, Newport News, VA
11/1942
Photo of the unit's mascot, Newport News, VA
1/1943
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of two soldiers with a 90mm gun with the trigger breech on the way down in full recoil, Newport News, VA
11/1942
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of gunnery practice, Newport News, VA
11/1942
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of Frank May at P.X., Newport News, VA
1/1943
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of Maurice Hall in the communications hole, Newport News, VA
1/1942
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of equipment trucks
1942
Bruce Williams (left) and others in Times Square awaiting overseas assignment, New York City, NY
1943
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of Lt. Donald Blair chopping greenery with a machette, Dacca, India
1944
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of Lt. Donald Blair a.k.a. "Company Clown", Dacca , India. He was killed later the same year on a mission in the Bay of Bengal
1944
Photo taken by Bruce Williams of desk and other items
Photo taken by Bruce Williams in flight swinging the compass, flying toward the "hump" to China from India
1944
Liaison Officer, Bruce Williams at the Air Force Academy, Denver, Colorado
1962
Private Bruce Williams, Wilmington, North Carolina
1941
Contemporary photo of Bruce Williams, Toledo Ohio
1/12/2003
Group photo "Seventh Has Iron Men"
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Description of group photo "Seventh Has Iron Men"
Newsclipping: "Seventh Bomb Group Carried Gas to China" [undated]
Newsclipping: "Seventh Bomb Group Carried Gas to China" [undated]
Clipping: "A Perilous Route Through the Sky"
Clipping: "A Perilous Route Through the Sky"
"The Bridge-Busting Tenth Air Force"
"The Bridge-Busting Tenth Air Force"
Clipping with veteran's caption: "Roger Parrot--my pilot/co-pilot in Detroit, MI. At end of war in Pacific, I was flying mats…"
Clipping with veteran's caption: "Roger Parrot--my pilot/co-pilot in Detroit, MI. At end of war in Pacific, I was flying mats…"
Newsclipping: "Wartime medal delivered after nearly 37 years"
Newsclipping: "Wartime medal delivered after nearly 37 years"
Newsclipping: "7th Bomb Group Now in 25th Year"
Newsclipping: "7th Bomb Group Now in 25th Year"
Newsclipping: "'Whose Sleeve You Shootin' At?' Pilots Taunt Trainees"
Newsclipping: "'Whose Sleeve You Shootin' At?' Pilots Taunt Trainees"
Newsclipping: "55 years later, WWII pilot relives experiences in China"
Newsclipping: "55 years later, WWII pilot relives experiences in China"
Letter from Mr. And Mrs. Carl A. Blair [1/10/1945]
Letter from Mr. And Mrs. Carl A. Blair [1/10/1945]
Flight log [November 1944 to January 1945]
Flight log [November 1944 to January 1945]
Christmas Card from the 7th Bomb Group
Christmas Card from the 7th Bomb Group
History of the 493rd Bomb Squadron (H) AAF for June 1944
History of the 493rd Bomb Squadron (H) AAF for June 1944
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.05523/
DLC-AFC
2023-06-05
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