Annotations by Gmasher, 41-60
25 February 1944: B-17F 41-24505 "Quitcherbitchin" (coded DF-E) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG. Loaned to the 401st Bomb Sq, being flown here by LT C.V. Mason's crew.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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25 February 1944: B-17G 42-31578 "My Darling Also" (coded LL-L) of the 401st Bomb Sq, 91st BG. 1LT John D. Davis & crew are aboard today.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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25 February 1944: MAJ James H. McPartlin leads the 401st Bomb Sq in B-17F 42-5729 "Buccaneer" (coded LL-E, left) with LT. F.C. Ammann's crew flying B-17G 42-31079 (coded LL-J), a "no name" Fortress of the 91st BG. This ship would be lost on 6 March over Berlin with LT Paris R. Coleman & crew; six crewmen became POWs for the duration. Coleman and three otherss were KIA.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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20 August 1944: Either the date is incorrect, or B-17G 43-38088 "Redwing" (coded LG-R) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG was up for a practice flight. Assigned to 2LT Robert Schuck's crew, they flew their first mission aboard her on 14 August to Frescaty. The next attempt came on the 24th to Kolleda; however, an oxygen system failure resulted in Schuck aborting during assembly. "Redwing" survived to see the end of hostilities, compiling a record of over 60 missions.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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30 January 1944: B-17G 42-39967 "Mary Kay" (coded DF-K) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG on her way to Brunswick. She was lost on the 27 April raid to La Glacerie, a V-1 launch site, with LT Henry L. Theophilus' crew. Everyone but Theophilus and his copilot made it out of the ship.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Flying Fortresses of the 381st BG join the 91st to form a composite group - something which happened on a fairly regular basis in the 1st Air Division.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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18 March 1944: 1LT Cecil G. Gorby & crew aboard B-17G 42-31580 "Merry Widow" (coded OR-A) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, on their way home from a trip to Oberpfaffen-hofen. Less than two months later the "Widow" would be lost with 1LT Nenad Kovachevich's crew on the 7 May mission to Berlin. Seven crewmen survived to become POWs; Kovachevich and another crewman were KIA.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Tail gunner CPL Nicholas T. Pauley, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Ball turret gunner CPL Paul D. Eisenzimmer, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Radio operator CPL Norman E. Anderson, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Flight engineer/top turret gunner SSGT Hubert M. Blackmon, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Waist gunner CPL Edward L. Loftus, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Copilot 2LT Herbert D. Campbell, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Bombardier 2LT Louis C. Goodman, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Navigator 2LT Harry A. Dooley, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Waist gunner SSGT W.G. Mosely, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Tail gunner SSGT D.L. Frans, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Waist gunner SSGT John E. Guy, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Ball turret gunner SSGT Harlon Bunn, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Radio operator SSGT Robert Detterline, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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