2nd Lt Gerould Lane Giddings
Tokyo Military Prison Fire

Introduction
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The Lt Edward G Law Crew was formed at
Harvard AAF, Nebraska, during the summer of 1944.

Movement Orders from August 1944
list nine of the eleven men in the Flight Echelon.

During September 1944 the number of crews in each Squadron
was reduced from 22 to 16 .

( above information from Air Force Historical Research Agency Reel B075 ).

This led to the Law Crew being transferred to
Pyote AAF, Texas, for training as a replacement crew.

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LIST OF LT GIDDINGS' STATIONS

source : Individual Flight Records
Roy Wall
National Archives, St Louis, Missouri

July 1943
Santa Anna Army Air Base
August and September 1943
Hemet AAF, California
October and November 1943
Lemoore AAF, California
December 1943
January and February 1944
Stockton AAF, California
February 1944
March, April, and May 1944
Hobbs AAF, New Mexico
May 1944
Lincoln AAF, Nebraska
June, July, August
part of September
1944
505th Bomb Group
Harvard AAF, Nebraska

October, November, and
December 1944
part of January 1945
Pyote AAF, Texas
24 January 1945
Kearney AAF, Nebraska
February 1945
Aerial Port of Embarkation
( APOE )
Mather Field, Sacramento
14 - 25 February 1945
Ferry B-29

Arrive 25 February 1945
APO 237
Saipan
Assigned to 500th Bomb Group
B-29 Lost 2 April 1945

 

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