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I picked up this British-made, US uniform from a local auction house a while back. I was told it had belonged to WWII US glider pilot named Swenson. Can anyone confirm that based on the laundry number in the cap? TIA Husk

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I dont believe there are any resources or databases out there which use officer serial numbers. Your best bet is to check around the ETO AAF sites and find a pilot who might match what you know.

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  • 1 month later...

There was one Swenson as Glider Pilot, the one from the link above. But....the 0855 number does not match.

He had two numbers, a T-number, which was T132195. After promotion from light Officer to Lt. he got an O-number, being O946229.

That is what I could find regarding Swenson.

 

Found one glider pilot (in incomplete roster) with 0855 and that does not fit the S.

 

 

 

 

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I found one Air Medal award card for a Flight Officer named Robert S. Swenson who served in the IX Troop Carrier Command and was awarded the AM on May 18, 1945. His Service Number is T 132 195.

 

No other soldiers named Swenson show up as Troop Carrier. I can't confirm that he was a GP.

 

Allan

 

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It is interesting that his Bronze Star doesn't show up in the AAAF award cards. I wonder if it was awarded by another command?

 

Allan

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Swenson served in the contingent of glider pilots that formed a provisional company of the 194th Glider Infantry after the Varsity landings. They were all awarded Bronze Stars in the 1990s so they don’t show up in the database

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49 minutes ago, Allan H. said:

It is interesting that his Bronze Star doesn't show up in the AAAF award cards. I wonder if it was awarded by another command?

 

Allan

Well in the link I posted on April 5th, it states he didn't receive his BS until 2013. See: 

 

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