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if date is correct (22 june 1944)
target was Rouen (France)
plane was 42-107005 "Lucille Ball II" (351st BG 511th BS DS-Q)
crew was Capt Donald A Gaylord crew
(35 missions between…
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crewmen :
1Lt W.H. Thomason Jr (pilot)
1Lt H.A. Dobbratz (copilot)
1Lt Graife (navigator)
1Lt R.B. Wright (bombardier)
S/Sgt I.C. Rapez (radio)
S/Sgt W.R. Lymburn (engineer)…
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42-50768 "Arise My Love and Come with Me" (458th BG 753rd BS Y)
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other crewmembers :
2Lt O'Neill (copilot)
2Lt Bennett (navigator)
2Lt Drate (bombardier)
T/Sgt Nimson (engineer)
S/Sgt Weaver (ball turret gunner)
S/Sgt DeCinque (tail…
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pic could have been taken on 13 june 43 (mission to Bremen) the only mission flown by Capt Roller crew aboard The Duchess
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other crewmen KIA on 18 nov 43 :
2Lt Charles W. Tourison (copilot)
T/Sgt Donald E. Turnipseed (engineer)
S/Sgt Kenneth R. Scott (tail gunner)
2Lt Enrico J. Chelini (observ)
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Vagabond King must be B-24D-95-CO 42-40787 (389th BG 565th BS) with Capt McCormick crew.
aircraft lost on november 18th, 1943, mission to Oslo (entire crew KIA) macr 2885
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crewmen (not in order)
1Lt Sisson (pilot)
1Lt Hoemann (copilot)
2Lt Crossen (navigator)
2Lt Picker (bombardier)
T/Sgt Haluck (radio)
S/Sgt Carter (engineer)
Sgt Stevens (ball…
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entire crew pow on 11 april 1944, mission to Politz-Sorau, flying aboard 42-39847 "Battlin' Betty" (401st BG 614th BS)
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19 may 1944 : mission to Kiel
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1Lt Stanley Taylor (bombardier)
27 missions between 14 may and 8 oct 43 (18 aboard 42-29860 "Snoozin' Susan")
source 351st.org website
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13 dec 43 : mission to Kiel
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1Lt Joseph D. Kitko (navigator) 27 missions between 14 may 43 and 16 sept 43 ( 17 aboard 42-29860 "Snoozin' Susan") Robert H. Johnson crew
source 351st.org website
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pic taken after 30 march 45' mission to Hamburg (source : 486th.org website)
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pic taken on New Years Day 1945.
On this day Col Overing flew as the Air Commander of the 8th AF aboard Capt Unger's aircraft. Unger and crew may have been the first heavy bomber…
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Capt Syptak was lead crew on several missions (2 march 44 aboard 42-31636, 10 march 44, 21 nov 44, 25 may 44)
source : 457thbombgroup.org website
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from 401st BG website : http://www.401bg.org
1lt L.S. Bartley (614th BS)
30 missions between 2 march and 22 june 1944 (first aboard 42-40001 "Paris Express")
Crew members :
1Lt…
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aircraft #639 must be 42-30639 "Coy-De-Coy II (390th BG 569th BS CC-U) assigned on 6 august 1943
transf to RAF (214 Sq BU-S as SR 380 on 21 april 1944
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13 march 44 : mission to Gorenflos(Pas de Calais, France, V-1 site)
lead crew
one aircraft lost among the 401st BG : 42-31374 with Lt Hellmuth crew (5 kia 5 pow macr 3185) hit by…
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