42-97699

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. There are canvas bags on the ground in front of the men UPL 66570 UPL 66570 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 August 1944, Peenemunde (R&D).
Back L-R: 2nd Lt. B. Melchionni (N), 1st Lt. Q Wilson (P), Maj. Gordon Stallings (CA/CP), 1st Lt. Leo Leahy (B), 1st Lt. James Umstattd (N), TSgt. E.C. Morlan (RO).
Front L-R: 1st Joseph Sarto (VN), 2nd Lt. D.R. Baker (OBS/TG), Sgt. S. Markoff (FG), TSgt. CLifford E. Berg (TT).

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Object Number - UPL 66570 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 August 1944, Peenemunde (R&D). Back L-R: 2nd Lt. B. Melchionni (N), 1st Lt. Q Wilson (P), Maj. Gordon Stallings...

Delivered Denver 31/1/44; 1SAG Langley 11/3/44; Dow Fd 21/4/44; Assigned (H2X) 482BG Alconbury 22/4/44; transferred 305BG Chelveston 16/5/44; 384BG Grafton Underwood 1/8/44; 303BG Molesworth 4/8/44; 2 SAD 25/9/44; 67FW Troston (radio relay?); 351BG Polebrook 7/11/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 8/8/45; 4185 BU Independence 25/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 7/1/46.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

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

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Missions

A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

519

  • Date: 5 August 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.

514

  • Date: 4 August 1944

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. There are canvas bags on the ground in front of the men

Object number: UPL 66570 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/4 August 1944...