UPL 69023

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear, five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing combat flying gear. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
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384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 30 May 1944/Halberstadt. Thomas Pope Beckett, Commander; John Thomas Kelly. Pilot; James Raymond Martin-Vegue, Navigator; Robert Hugh Monfort, Navigator; Raymond L. Austin, Jr. Bombardier; John Vincent Trypuc Jr., Radio Operator; Remo Guido Budassi, Engineer/Top Turret; Garnet Chouinard, Tail Gunner; Frederick Monroe Griggs, Tail Gunner; James Henry Cruise, Waist (Flexible) Gunner;

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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Raymond L Austin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

Thomas P Beckett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Operations Officer

Remo Guido Budassi

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12132223
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Garnet Alfred Chouinard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11083398
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

James Henry Cruise

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32502421
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret

Aircraft

42-38014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little America II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron

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Photo courtesy of Jack Kelly.
https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/37941/category/LeadCrews