Herbert Riddle
Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Waist Gunner/Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
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Peter V Milward
Military
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Lt. Milward's crew of the 8th AF 95th Bomb Group standing by their B-17 42-30178 "Darlin' Dolly" at their base in England, 5 January 1944. They are wearing the RAF uniforms given to them after ditching their aircraft ("Superstitious Aloysius" 42-6098) the previous day off Bawdsey. Peter V. Milward Crew - 335th Sqn BACK ROW: Peter V. Milward (pilot), Frank P.Miles (waist gunner), Charles R. McComber (ball turret gunner) William L. Weeks (waist gunner), William J. Milton (navigator) FRONT ROW: Richard L. Spears (top turret/engineer), Arthur R Scroggins (bombardier), Eddie S. Winstead (radio operator), Joseph L.Kolarik (tail gunner) Arthur Farris (co-pilot). NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09158-C59231AC.
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Capt. Milward's crew of the 8th AF 95th Bomb Group standing by their B-17 "Spook Six" at their Horham base in England, 27 April 1944. 42-31063 "Spook Six'. Rear L-R: Peter V Milward [Pilot], William L Milton [Nav], Arthur R Scroggins [Bomb]. Front L-R: Richard L Spears [Eng], Frank P Miles [Waist], Eddie S Winstead [Radio], Charles R McComber [Ball], Joseph L Kolarik [Tail], W L Weeks [Waist]. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A09165-D59232AC.
Shot down 4 January 1944 in B-17 #426098 'Superstitious Aloysius. ' Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
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95th Bomb Group
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The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
335th Bomb Squadron
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42-6098 Superstitious Aloysius
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 22/7/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Gr Island 3/9/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-R] Horham; with J. D. Scott, Radio Operator - Clyde Myer [wia 26/11/43]; ...
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:21:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor |
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