Annotations by Gmasher, 61-80
Flight engineer/top turret gunner SSGT Bill Williams, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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2LT Leonard L. Tannenbaum, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Bombardier LT Robert Hunt, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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Navigator LT "Rocky" Rasmussen, 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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MAJ Charles Hudson, lead bombardier of the 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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BGEN Robert B. Williams, commander of the 1st Bomb Division, taxies into Bassingbourn for a "look-see" at the 91st BG. This image may be connected with other photos taken of him inspecting the facilities during a visit in April 1944.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 19 Jun 2009 |
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LT Neal Ward's crew aboard B-17G 42-97504 "Mary Lou" (coded OR-P) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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Fortesses of the 534th Bomb Sq (call sign "Midget"), 381st Bomb GroupSource WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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LT Walter Pickard's crew of the 323rd Bomb Sq flies a borrowed B-17F 42-5428 "Black Magic" (coded LG-T) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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B-17 of the 533rd Bomb Sq (call sign "Tabby"), 381st Bomb Group. More than one bomb group would often be combined into 'composite groups' to increase the effectiveness of the force. Elements of the 91st and 381st did this on more than one occasion.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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1LT Douglas Harding's crew aboard B-17G 42-37939 "Sugar Blues" (coded OR-S) of the 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG. She would ditch in the Channel returning from the 22 February 1944 mission to Bunde with LT Roman Maziarz's crew; all would be rescued.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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You'd be smiling, too, if you'd been plucked from the Channel. LT Roman V. Maziarz & crew, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG had been flying B-17G 42-37939 "Sugar Blues" (coded OR-S) on the 22 February 1944 mission to Bunde. Savaged by enemy fighters, Maziarz managed to nurse the ship far enough to make a successful (the copilot was slightly injured) ditching in friendly waters. A crewman holds the only remnant of their ship, an A-2 jacket decorated with the nose art. The rest of the crew wears (dry) RAF uniforms.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 7 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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B-17G 42-32095 "Ack-Ack Annie" (coded LG-L) of the 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG, Bassingbourn. Transferred from the 457th BG on 16 March 1944, "Annie" had completed 143 combat missions by the end of the war. She was named by 2LT Elmer "Bud" Laedtke's crew, who flew 20 missions of their tour aboard her.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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"LG" - 322nd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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"LL" - 401st Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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B-17F 41-24490 "Jack the Ripper" (coded DF-C) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG. The "Ripper" was lost 22 February 1944 with LT James Considine's crew over Munster. One crewman was KIA; Considine & the rest of the crew became POWs for the duration of the war.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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20 December 1943: B-17F 42-29837 "Lady Luck" (coded DF-A) of the 324th Bomb Sq, 91st BG heads home from a trip to Bremen. She flew her final combat sortie on 25 February 1944 to Augsburg with LT John Klotz's crew, and returned to the States for a War Bond tour. She was scrapped at Stillwater, OK at war's end.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 3 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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25 April 1945: Ella Prentice, an English civilian secretary assigned to 1st CBW headquarters, prepares to christen B-17G 44-6975 of the 91st BG. The aircraft was nicknamed "Our Bridget" after Mrs. Prentice, who was known by that name to staff members for reasons unknown. Stripped of her armament before she arrived at Bassingbourn (replaced with bunks, extra seats and a kitchen), the aircraft flew two combat missions as a scout: 15 April to Bordeaux and the 17th to Dresden.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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Bombardier 2LT Henry Schwarz, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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1LT John J. "Jack" Yavis & crew, 323rd Bomb Sq, 91st BG with B-17G 43-38806 (coded OR-D). Yavis flew 52 missions during his tour, which began in August, 1944.Source WWII US Air Force Photos…Page 1 Made 18 Jun 2009 |
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