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T-Sgt William Coles USAAF - 1945
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CMSgt William Coles USAF - 1969
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WOJG Robert Turk USAAF - 1943
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Barbara & Toni
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T-Sgt William Coles USAAF - 1945
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| William Coles attained the following ranks: Aviation Cadet - 2 Mar 1943; Aviation Cadet (Sergeant) - 10 May 1943; Private - 23 Jun 1943; PFC - 13 Jul 1943; Corporal - 21 Feb 1944; Sergeant - 29 Jul 1944; Staff Sergeant - 28 Aug 1944;Tech Sergeant - 1 Jan 1945; Master Sergeant - 1 Apr 1952; Senior Master Sergeant - 1 Mar 1961; Chief Master Sergeant - 1 Apr 1964
William Coles was a crew member on the following aircraft: A-26, AC-130E, AT-6, B-17 (E, F, G), B-24D, B-25, B-26, B-29, B-32, B-36, B-47, B-50, C-7, C-45, C-46, C-47, C-47A, C-54 (D, G), C-74, C-118, C-119 (C, CF, F, G, J), C-121, C-122, C-123B, C-124, C-130 (A, B, E), C-133 (A, B), C-141, CL-44, H-21, HH-53, KB-50, KC-97 (E, F, G), KC-135, L-20, O-5, O-19, PT-17, T-29, XC-99
William Coles served in the following military units:
Enlisted Reserve Unit - 28 Aug 1942-3 Mar 1943
Nashville AAFCC, Nashville, TN Mar-Apr 1943
Maxwell Field, AL - Pre-Flight (pilot) - May-Jun 1943
Camden, SC - Primary Flight (pilot) - Jun-Jul 1943
Sioux Falls, SD - Radio Operator & Mechanic Jul-Dec 1943
Yuma AAF, Yuma, AZ - 306th SEFTG (Aerial Gunnery) - Dec 1943-Feb 1944
Rapid City, SD - R.T.U. - Feb-May 1944
Kimbolton RAF, England - APO 557, 524th Bombardment Squadron [Jul 1944]; 379th Bombardment Group (H) - Aug 1944-Jan 1945
Laredo AAF, Laredo, TX - Central School for Flexible Gunnery; 524th Bombardment Squadron - Mar-Sep 1945
USAF Reserve - 18 Jan 1949-1 Apr 1952 [Called to Active Duty - 11 Feb 1951]
Lowry AFB, Denver, CO - 3415th Technical Training Wing; 3415th Aircraft Gunnery Group; 3435th Training Squadron (NCOIC B-29 Gunnery Training; Academic Section) - Apr 1951 to Dec 1953 (TDY - NE: Offutt AFB; TX: Kelly AFB, Matagorda Island, Port O'Connor)
Donaldson AFB, Greenville, SC - Fourth Aerial Port Operations Squadron, (TAC) - Jan 1954-May 1954 (TDY - SC: Charleston AFB)
Chateauroux AB, France - APO 10, Fourth Aerial Port Operations Sq, TAC (NCOIC Operations and Training Section; Transportation Services; Combat Operations) - May 1954-May 1957 (TDY - Algeria; Denmark: Copenhagen; England: Fairford AB, Lyneham RAF, Old Sarum RAF, Salisbury, Wiltshire RAF; France: Deols AB, Dreux-Senonches, Evreux-Fauville AB, Paris, Toul Rosiere AB; French Morocco: Nouasseur AFLD; Germany: Aschaffenburg, Bitburg AB, Hahn AB, Landstuhl AB, Ramstein AFB, Rhein-Main AB, Wiesbaden AB; Greece: Athens; Italy: Brindisi, Rome; Libya: Wheelus AFLD [Tripoli]; Portugal; Spain: Madrid; Turkey; Yugoslavia)
Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL - 3499th Mobile Training Wing; 3493rd Field Training Squadron; 3497th Mobile Training Squadron - Jun 1957-Aug 1957 (TDY - OR: Portland; WA: Seattle)
Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN - [Detached from Chanute] 304th Field Training Detachment; C130-2 Mobile Training Detachment; 2nd Aerial Port Sq - Aug 1957-Aug 1958 (TDY - CA: McClellan AFB; CO: Lowry AFB; GA: Robins AFB; KY: Campbell AFB; NC: Pope AFB, Seymour-Johnson AFB; TX: Foster AFB; UT: Hill AFB; WA: Larson AFB)
MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL - [Detached from Chanute] 311 Field Training Detachment; 306th Air Refueling Sq (SAC) - Aug 1958-Jul 1959 (TDY - GA: Hunter AFB)
Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX - Sheppard Technical Training Center (ATC) - 3764th School Squadron; 3772nd Sq - Jul 1959-Oct 1961 (TDY - AZ: Douglas, Phoenix; CA: Beale AFB, Castle AFB, Long Beach AFB, March AFB, McClellan AFB, Ontario International Airport, Travis AFB; FL: McCoy AFB, Tyndall AFB; GA: Hunter AFB, Moody AFB; HI: Hickam AFB; IL: Chanute AFB, O'Hare International, Scott AFB; IN: Bunker Hill AFB; KS: McConnell AFB; MI: Kinchloe AFB, MO: Malden AB, Richards-Gebaur AFB; NC: Douglas Municipal Airport, Pope AFB; NE: Lincoln AFB; NM: Kirtland AFB; NV: Nellis AFB; SC: Charleston AFB, Donaldson AFB; TX: Amarillo AFB, Carswell AFB, Connally AFB, Dyess AFB, Ellington AFB, Kelly AFB, Randolph AFB, Reese AFB; UT: Hill AFB, Salt Lake City; VA: Langley AFB; WA: McChord AFB, Paine AFB, SEA-TAC International Airport; WI: Truax Field *** Japan: Tachikawa AB; Midway Island; Okinawa: Kadena AB; Wake Island).
Chateauroux AS, France - APO 10, 1616th Support Squadron (MATS) - Nov 1961-Jul 1962 (TDY - Germany: Rhein- Main; Evreux-Fauville AB, France - APO 253, 5th Aerial Port Squadron, 322nd Air Division; 317 Combat Support Group - Jul 1962-Aug 1963 (TDY - DC: Washington; TX: Kelly AFB, Sheppard AFB *** France: Chateauroux AS; Germany: Berlin, Wiesbaden; India: Palam AF [New Delhi]; Italy: Aviano; Libya; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Turkey: Adana).
Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX - 3769th School Squadron; 3750th Technical School; 3773rd School Squadron; 3782nd Instructors Squadron (ATC) - Aug 1963-Apr 1971 (TDY - AZ: Davis-Monthan, Williams AFB; CA: Alameda NAS, Beale AFB, George AFB, Hamilton AFB, Los Alamitos NAS, Los Angeles International, Mather AFB, McClellan AFB, Norton AFB, Ontario International Airport, Travis AFB; CO: Buckley ANG; CT: Bradley Field; DE: Dover AFB; FL: Homestead AFB, Pensacola NAS; GA: Hunter AFB, Moody AFB, Robins AFB, Turner AFB; HI: Hickam AFB; ID: Mountain Home; IL: Chanute AFB; IN: Grissom AFB; KS: Boeing-Wichita; MA: Logan Airport - Boston; MD: Andrews AFB; ME: Loring AFB; MS: Keesler AFB; ND: Minot AFB; NE: Offutt AFB; NJ: Atlantic City Airport, McGuire AFB; NM: Cannon AFB, Kirtland AFB; NV: Stead AFB; NY: New York NAS, Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Stewart AFB; OH: Clinton Co. AFB, Lockbourne AFB, Patterson AFB; OK: Tinker AFB; SC: Charleston AFB, Shaw AFB; TX: Bergstrom AFB, Carswell AFB, Kelly AFB, Randolph AFB, Reese AFB, Webb AFB; UT: Hill AFB; VA: Langley AFB; WA: McChord AFB *** Japan: Yokota AB; Philippines: Clark AB; Vietnam: DaNang AB; Wake Island).
Little Rock AFB, Jacksonville, AR - 64th Tactical Airlift Training Wing; 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron (TAC) - Apr 1971-Aug 1971. |
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