UPL 41624
IMAGEA 379th Bomb Group, 525th Bomb Squadron crew probably in front of B-17 "Little Maggie" 42-5822 Lt Kermit Wooldridge pilot, bottom, 2nd from Left. Officers (can't match to faces at this time: Co pilot D.W. Herrin, - Navigator, G.J Mattan (KIA July 17, 1943) - Bombardier Wendell O. Palmer (KIA, still missing July 17, 1943) - top turret, E.F Love- Radio gunner D.T. Lavin - ball turret, S.J. Cantor - RW S.C. Larsen - LW D.S. Lamiell - TG G.E. Stacey Names come from Original Crew list in the WWII diary of Lt Wooldridge. https://sites.google.com/view/wooldridge-diary-wwii-pilot/the-five-crew-lists-of-lt-wooldridge Wooldridge's diary is held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Maggie
Revisions
Crew list from the WWII diary of Lt Wooldridge https://sites.google.com/site/ww2pilotsdiary/ and Wooldridge's daughter Frances Wooldridge Bekafigo.
Frances Wooldridge Bekafigo, daughter of LT Wooldridge. Crew lists from his WWII combat diary at https://sites.google.com/view/wooldridge-diary-wwii-pilot/home
Richard Lewis (379th BG historian) submission to FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945 ( Flip Marchese Facebook group, Feb, 2020)