851st Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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FRE 2099
A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot, Gerald Leland, pilot, Donald Nate, bombardier.'
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32166395
- Role/Job: Medical Non-Commissioned Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-774623
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Munitions Worker
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6915400
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner, Duty Soldier III
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32196684
- Role/Job: Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)