44-8401

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of flying gear.  UPL 66369 UPL 66369 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 14 April 1945/Bordeaux/Royan, France (Guns).
Back L-R: Capt. Carl Schwob (MN), Maj. Robert Chapin (N), Lt. Col. Theodore Milton (AC/CP), 1st Lt. Leif Ostnes (P), 1st Lt. Herbert Schaaf (OBS/TG)
Front L-R: Victor Riordan (TT), William “Pop” Dolan, Maj. Richard Crown (B), 2nd Lt. Robert Whipple (2N), Norris McCollum (RO)
Dolan is not on the loading list but is listed as a passenger on the "J" Form.
546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 8th Air Force 948 44-8401 Grafton Underwood Carl W Schwob Robert Charles Chapin Theodore R Milton Leif Robert Ostnes Herbert Henry Schaaf Victor J Riordan William E Dolan Richard K Crown Robert M Whipple Norris L McCollum On

Object Number - UPL 66369 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 14 April 1945/Bordeaux/Royan, France (Guns). Back L-R: Capt. Carl Schwob (MN), Maj. Robert Chapin (N), Lt. Col....

Delivered Dallas 3/9/44; Hunter 19/9/44; Dow Fd 13/10/44; Assigned 351BS/100BG [EP-N] Thorpe Abbotts 20/10/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-X] Grafton Underwood 5/11/44; 303BG Molesworth 8/5/45; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 20/12/45.

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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the 384th BG website.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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