UPL 6617
IMAGEGround Crew for B-24 H 15 CF # 41- 29366 "Dirty Gertie": March 1944- End of War Left to Right: Jerre "Willie" Williams, Bennett Smith (Crew Chief), Carmen "CQ" Quattrone
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Assistant Ground Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14130296
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ground Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18209806
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Revisions
Crew flew 32 missions with no casualties. All but one crew member gathered for the Mighty Eighth Air Force Historical Society reunion in 1980. As of November, 2014, Nick Kuklish who was tail gunner and Jerre Williams, a ground crew member were still living. A video interview at a reunion in Salt Lake City with Pilot Jack Dougherty, Tail Gunner Nick Kuklish and Navigator, Bill Horney is posted on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zal_-ZkNqo
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgoejeht39k