Annotations by Gmasher, 121-140
14 January 1944: 2LT Walter M. Pickard's crew aboard B-17G 42-37965 "My Desire" (coded OR-U) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, flies low over Croisette, the site of another of "Hitler's secret construction projects," according to the squadron daily report. Both ship & crew would go down on the 3 March trip to Wilhelmshaven; flak damage forced them to ditch in the North Sea. All ten survived the ditching, but only one life raft was available - and this one only half-inflated. Pickard and four others survived.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 17 Jun 2009 |
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5 November 1943: The 91st BG flew to Gelsenkirchen, but chances are this photo wasn't shot in flight. The unidentified bombardier wears an A-8B oxygen mask with the exhalation valve covers installed - a modification to try and alleviate the recurrent problem with freezing moisture in oxygen masks at high altitude. The problem wasn't fully solved until the advent of the A-13 pressure demand mask in the closing months of the war.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 17 Jun 2009 |
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Navigator SGT B. Lopez, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Tail gunner SGT Flitton, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Waist gunner SGT R. Schuster, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Flight engineer/top turret gunner SSGT Whitmire, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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"Sweet Dish" crew chief SGT Willis McQuain, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Radio operator SGT A. Mantia, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Togglier, name unknown, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Copilot Flt. Off. J.B. Temple, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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SGT J. Canales, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Tail gunner SSGT Joe Zastinchik, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Flight engineer/top turret gunner SSGT Southworth, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Radio operator SSGT Shoupe, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Waist gunner SSGT MacElroy, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Copilot 1LT John A. Moeller, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Navigator 2LT Harry Lerner, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Lost with 2LT Bryce Everson's crew on the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin; all ten crewmen survived to become POWs for the duration of the war.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Waist gunner SSGT Robert Kelley, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Ball turret gunner SSGT Martin, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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Bombardier LT Joe Gagliano, 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 14 Jun 2009 |
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