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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear, four men sitting in front.  The men are wearing combat flying gear. UPL 69062 UPL 69062 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 27 May 1944/Mannheim (Railroad Marshalling Yards) .
Rear L-R: Emil Morlan (RO), Forrest Bemis (WG), Harold Miller (BT), Carl Keyser (ETTG)
Middle L-R: Francis Finch (TG), Ralph Wiley (B), George Koehne (AC), Edward Lane (P)
Front L-R: Alfred Colarusso (N), Charles Bonnett (B)
544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 373 42-107221 Grafton Underwood Emil C Morlan Forrest James Bemis Harold J Miller Carl A Keyser Francis N Finch Ralph E Wiley George H Koehne Edward W Lane Alfred J Colarusso Charles Daniel Bonnett On

Object Number - UPL 69062 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 27 May 1944/Mannheim (Railroad Marshalling Yards) . Rear L-R: Emil Morlan (RO), Forrest Bemis (WG), Harold Miller...

Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Hunter 7/4/44; Grenier 17/4/44; Assigned 544BS/384BG [SU-J] Grafton Underwood 2/5/44; Missing in Action Berlin 21/6/44 with Francis Finch, Co-pilot: Ollie Prior, Navigator: Jack Dashev, Bombardier: Avon Robertson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Schneider, Radio Operator: Larry Feyerabend, Waist gunner: Porter Eltzroth, Ball turret gunner: Rodin Kilpatrick, Tail gunner: Stan Schwartz, (9 INT); flak, force landed Bulltofta, Swed; Missing Air Crew Report 5995. Returned to the USA Bradley 7/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 10/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 14/1/46.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear, four men sitting in front.  The men are wearing combat flying gear.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Missions

  • Date: 21 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

21 June 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5995 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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