Paul Collins
Military | Major | Bombardier, navigator | 447th Bomb Group
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Walter F Zuba
Military
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Crew photo taken during training at MacDill Field, Florida (February–April 1944). This crew later joined the 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group (H) Original caption: "FRONT ROW – WALT ZUBA, 'WILLIE' WOHNSEN, ROGER DENNIS, BOB HARRIS "BACK ROW – HESS, PAUL COLLINS, LES LUND, LONNIE McDONALD, LOWELL SIMMONS, BILL BESTE" (Courtesy of Major Paul J. Collins)
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This is an unidentified crew, but is believed to possibly be the first crew assembled under Lt. Lakeman (708) when he went from Co-Pilot to Pilot.
Service
Units served with
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447th Bomb Group
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces... -
708th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Derby, Connecticut | 21 October 1924 |
| Enlisted | Hartford, Connecticut | 20 February 1943 |
| Died | Derby, Connecticut | 11 November 2004 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 09 September 2020 17:48:04 | Lowell Silverman | Changes to service number, highest rank, awards, events and unit associations |
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SO #144, HQ, USAAF STA 126, dated June 15, 1944 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945 |
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