Keith M Blackburn

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men UPL 68590 UPL 68590 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 19 June 1944/Fleury, France - NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site).
Rear L-R: Emil Morlan (RO), Forrest Bemis (ETTG), Carl Keyser (BT), Edward Lane (P), James Martin-Vegue (N), Keith Blackburn (TG/Observer).
Front L-R: Robert Chanter (WG), George Jacobson (N), Ralph Wiley (B), Thomas Beckett (AC), Carl Matthiesen (RO).

Photo courtesy of Forrest J. Bemis.

https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/109461/category/LeadCrews

544th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 424 42-97824 Grafton Underwood Emil C Morlan Forrest James Bemis Carl A Keyser Edward W Lane James Ray Martin-Vegue Keith M Blackburn Robert W Chanter George J Jacobson Ralph E Wiley Thomas P Beckett Carl R Matthiesen On

Object Number - UPL 68590 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 19 June 1944/Fleury, France - NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site). Rear L-R: Emil Morlan (RO), Forrest Bemis (ETTG), Carl Keyser...

Assigned to the 384th BG 547th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Oreders #56 dated 24 March 1944, A Humbles Crew. 31 combat missions.

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Alfred Thomas Humbles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-753791
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Dale T Milne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-700xx3
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Object number: UPL 68590 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 19 June 1944/Fleury...