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Delivered Tulsa 13/3/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Grenier 21/5/44; Assigned 508BS/351BG [YB-C] Polebrook 22/5/44; on mission to Munich 25/2/45 with Bob Sandel, Pilot: Carl Stahl (flak fragment up through cockpit into right foot, exited right knee), Co-pilot: Ed Clarac, Navigator: ? , Bombardier: Norman Rosenblatt, rest unknown, Tail gunner: Arthur Kemp; lost two engines, gradually losing height, then a third engine quit - but with one engine they landed at Lunneville, a French fighter AFB, all crew OK; 57m Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 1/6/45; Recl Comp 7/6/46.
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Units served with
- 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: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17133774
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42086726
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16029895 at enlistment, then O-735077
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot / Tail Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16104347 / T-123104 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35866766
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner / Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield