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Carson L Perrin

Military

Member of Gottlieb crew; Carson died on March 1st 1995

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot

851st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Arthur Gottlieb

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-774623
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Revisions

Date27 Mar 2022 10:24:45

ContributorHelen

Changes

Sources

490th Bg AF News April 1996

Date27 Sep 2014 18:05:16

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia