D Appenzellar
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15-June-1944
Left to Right Top: David Appenzellar, Observer; Eddie Rosenburg, Navigator; Tom
Smith, Co-Pilot; Richard R Hruby, Pilot; Herman Flugman, Bombardier;
Doc Blanchard, Radio Operator/Gunner
L-R Bottom Robert Petkoff, Tail Gunner; Fount Bartley, Right Waist
Gunner; Lloyd Bartley, Left Waist Gunner; Cletus Clark, Top Turret
Gunner; Dog “Malfunction.”
Connections
People
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Fount Bartley
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base. ... -
Thomas Bartley
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base. ... -
Cletus Clark
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4129513. Returned to base. -
Herman Flugman
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Right Landing gear collapsed on landing on the return from a mission to Mont-de-Marsan, France on 27 Mar 1944 in B-24J 42-100107. RTD. B-24H 42-95209 'Sabrina III'. -
Richard Hruby
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base. ... -
Malfunction the Dog
Military | Mascot
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Robert Petkoff
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4129513. Returned to base. -
Edwin Rosenburg
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base. -
Thomas Smith
Military | Flight Officer | Pilot ; Co-Pilot
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 41-29513. Returned to base.
Aircraft
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42-95209 Sabrina III
B-24 Liberator
Sabrina III, #42-95209, 506 Sq. was built at the Ford Willow Run plant and first flown in combat by the Richard Hruby crew. Her 106 missions were an amazing record for any B-24 at a time when 15 missions were about average. ...
Revisions
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| 08 April 2021 02:30:13 | Adam Bartley | Created entry with collection, caption, person associations and aircraft associations |
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