UPL 43855
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Hight Crew, 710, B&W; James Hight crew & mascot posed in front of right wing & nose of a B-17G. Standing (l-r): LeRoy Seeds (Mickey operator), Edward Seal (co-pilot), James ("Jim") Hight (pilot), William Cunningham (navigator), Joseph V. Cotrone (bombardier). Kneeling (l-r): Art Richards (radio operator), Art Kirch (waist gunner), James Antipas (waist gunner [ex ball turret gunner]), Al Norton (tail gunner), Norman Frohrib (engineer), dog, Rex, mascot. All are dressed in Class A uniform.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42052817
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner; Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 744254
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Memorial
Revisions
National Museum of the mighty eighth Air Force, Pooler, GA
Timothy Motz, from Pictorial History of the 447th Bombardment Group (H) https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/41056