43-27656 McKinley Jr. High

media-51309.jpeg UPL 51309 B-25J-1-NC #43-27656 "McKinley Jr. High" Code: 7C
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF
Shot down 22 June 1944

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Object Number - UPL 51309 - B-25J-1-NC #43-27656 "McKinley Jr. High" Code: 7C 340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF Shot down 22 June 1944

Named for McKinley Junior High School in Muncie, Indiana, whose students had raised

$200,000 to "buy a bomber."

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Units served with

A B-25 Mitchell (7C) of the 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force takes off.

340th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Russell Godfrey Ahlstrom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Thomas V Casey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810110
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Harry Drips George

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-822414
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Paul Kaplan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32886934
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

George Edmund Obrovatz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16092200
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Events

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Shot Down

near Gricigliana Railroad Bridge, Italy 22 June 1944 Thomas V. Casey - Pilot Harry George - Co Pilot Edward Dombrowski - Bomb Paul Kaplan - Radio Operator Russell Ahlstrom - Flight Eng. George Obravatz - Tail Gunner Took a direct flak hit over the target knocking out the left engine. Another hit sent shrapnel through the aircraft.

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

"The Bridgebusters" - Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, pages 109-110
http://thepastpresented.com/index.php/2017/01/24/missing-photos-new/
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b25_17.html

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