Paul Benke
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Top Turret Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
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Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Top Turret Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Military | Sergeant | 490th Bomb Group
Member of the Montgomery Crew
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Navigator; Statistics | 490th Bomb Group
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier - 1035 | 490th Bomb Group
Member of Willis crew;
Remained an Air Force officer until 1972, retired as Lt. Colonel;
Was an Electronics Engineer for the Air Force;
Did the same job as a civilian after retiring.
Died February 1986.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Airplane Mechanic-Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Member of Kinzler crew
Military | Technical Sergeant | Airplane Mechanic-Gunner | 490th Bomb Group
Member of Tighe crew
Military | Corporal (5th Grade) | (687) Airplane Propeller Mechanic | 490th Bomb Group
Cpl. Elton C. Rightmire returned on the USS Queen Elizabeth August 1945. He unfortunately died in Richmond, New York on May 16, 1947.
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05 June 2016 15:20:07 | usxpat | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history and media associations |
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Laurie Atkins private collection |