Albert D Turney
Military
Back row (L-R): 2nd Lt. William (Bill) Sitler - Pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles F. Seal - Co-pilot, F/O Albert Turney - Navigator, 2nd Lt. Joseph P. Rusich - Bombardier.
Front row (L-R): S/Sgt. Edwin Braeger - Tail Gunner, S/Sgt. William H. Elmore - Gunner, S/Sgt. John Allen - Gunner, T/Sgt. Fred Blehm - Radio, T/Sgt. Vincent Bowie - Engineer.
S/Sgt. Ray Lopez-Ball Turet is missing from photo.
The aircraft is B-17 "Doodit" 42-102596. Photo was taken on 9th October 1944.
removed connection to wrong aircraft
Object Number - UPL 23627 - William Sitler's Crew. Back row (L-R): 2nd Lt. William (Bill) Sitler - Pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles F. Seal - Co-pilot, F/O Albert Turney - Navigator,...
air medal; Oak Leaf Cluster
Awarded Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in sustained bomber combat operations over Germany and German-occupied countries. Flt. Officer was from Sayville, NY.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Oxo
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
General Order 324 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Major General Williams, dated 12 September 1944
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
398th History, Vol II
