42-97960

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men. UPL 66808 UPL 66808 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/21 July 1944, Ludwigshaven (Industrial).
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. James Linzer (N), 2nd Lt. Philip Kemp (OBS/TG), 1st Lt. Marshall Wortman (CP), 1st Lt. George Marquardt (B), 2nd Lt. Robert Koch (P).
Front L-R: TSgt. Jesse McCoy (TT), SSgt. Frank Jaworski (BT), TSgt. Normand Vicknair (RO), SSgt. John Gardiner (FG).

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Object Number - UPL 66808 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/21 July 1944, Ludwigshaven (Industrial). Back L-R: 2nd Lt. James Linzer (N), 2nd Lt. Philip Kemp (OBS/TG), 1st Lt....

Delivered Denver 16/4/44; Cheyenne 1/5/44; with ? force landed Mt 4/5/44; Hunter 14/5/44; Dow Fd 26/5/44; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-M] Grafton Underwood 3/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 3/2/45 with Chas Molder, Hobart Treadway, Ernie Knowlton, Ralph Hayden, Dan Hookailo, Harry Haynes, Damian Constantine, Harris Jacobs, Leon Rizzuti (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Neustadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 12153.

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane parked on grass. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are on the ground.

Frank Jaworski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31298176
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Thomas Kelly

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804681
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and four men kneeling in front. Men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There are canvas duffle bags on the ground in front of the men.

Phillip Giles Kemp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35610265 / O-748010
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Ernest R Knowlton

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator
Two men in uniform inside an aircraft . Both are wearing headphones. The man in the foreground is turning dials on a machine.

James Hart Kugler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33574719
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top turret Gunner, Togglier, Flexible Gunner

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Missions

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772

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.

770

  • Date: 30 December 1944
The nose art of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 42-95865) nicknamed "Sky Hag" of the 391st Bomb Group.

757

  • Date: 23 December 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

754

  • Date: 18 December 1944

Events

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Failed to Return (FTR)

3 February 1945

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 12153 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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