UPL 65498

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Gaulke Crew, 856th BS, 492nd BG. While interned at Västerås, Sweden, Warren Branch put together this keepsake montage of the men of the Gaulke Crew 602, using a photo of an interned 389th BG Liberator in the background.

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Units

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811064
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a Air Force bomber plane.  Five men standing in rear and four men seated in front
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron

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photo coutesy of Karen Cline, daughter of Gaulke Crew gunner Warren Branch.  http://www.492ndbombgroup.com/photos/crew-photos/602-Gaulke-01.html