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Crew #633 786th Squadron- 466th Bomb Group-96th Wing- 8th Air Force - Attlebridge, England Aircraft: B-24 H 15 CF # 4129366 "Dirty Gertie" Top Row Left to Right: Everette M. Cranage (R/O), Nick Kuklish (TG), Richard Schroeder (LWG), Charles Patton (RWG), Fred Utter (TT), Harry DeBoef (E) Kneeling Left to Right: Robert P Bauman (CP,) William Horney (N), Ray “Buzz” Edwards (B), Jack Dougherty (P)

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William Gillette Horney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13079323 and O-701668
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Nick Kuklish

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33670531
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles Patton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Richard Schroeder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Fred Thomas Utter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13186608
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Corrected caption with correct Crew #.

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG Archives

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Crew flew 32 missions with no casualties. All but one crew member gathered for the Mighty Eighth Air Force Historical Society reunion in 1980. As of November, 2014, Nick Kuklish who was tail gunner and Jerre Williams, a ground crew member were still living. A video interview at a reunion in Salt Lake City with Pilot Jack Dougherty, Tail Gunner Nick Kuklish and Navigator, Bill Horney is posted on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zal_-ZkNqo
and
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgoejeht39k