Francis N Finch

Military
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)

Photo courtesy of Forrest J. Bemis.

https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/109459/category/LeadCrews

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...

Damaged by flak and landed in Sweden on 6/21/44 in B-17 #42107221 INT

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

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.

42-107221

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany 21 June 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5995 / MACR 5995, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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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.

Object number: UPL 69062 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 27 May 1944/Mannheim...