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UPL 16769

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 16769
  • Description: 1st Lt. John McKee, pilot of the Rose O' Day serial # 41-24495

UPL 16770

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 16770
  • Description: 2nd Lt. Leonard E. Hamaker Jr. co-pilot of 'Rose O' Day' (B-17F serial # 41-24495). Spent 28 months as a POW as 'guest' of the German Government...

UPL 32909

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32909
  • Description: SFC Robert F. Day US Army Air Force (USAAF) - 8th Air Force 92nd Bomb Group; 325th Squadron - March 1942 to August 1943 482nd Bomb Group; 813th...

UPL 33302

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 33302
  • Description: Crew chief Vincent Hrupek, 38th Fighter Squadron55th Fighter Group, stands by his charge - P-38 Lightning 43-28341 CG-O assigned to pilot Lt, Willard...

UPL 33304

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 33304
  • Description: 1Lt Willard L Kreft, Peoria, IL, sits in the cockpit of his P-38 Lightning 43-28341 CG-O "Peoria Pulverizer" whilst crew chief T/Sgt. Vincent Hrupek...

UPL 33313

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 33313
  • Description: Captain (later Colonel) John D Landers of Joshua, TX sits in the cockpit of his 38 Fighter Squadron P-38J serial number 43-28341 CG-O "Texas Longhorn"...

UPL 33314

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 33314
  • Description: P-38J Lightning serial number 43-28341, coded CG-O of 38th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group. Initially named "Peoria Pulverizer" by pilot Capt...

UPL 33315

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 33315
  • Description: 38th Fighter Squadron pilot Capt. Willard L Kreft explains to his crew chief T/Sgt. Vincent Hrupek the intricacies of dogfighting. This photo was most...

UPL 33316

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 33316
  • Description: View of the nose art on P-38J Lightning 43-28341 CG-O "Peoria Pulverizer" assigned to Capt. Willard L Kreft of Peoria, IL.

UPL 32570

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32570
  • Description: Lt. W. John Phillips, and Crew Chief, 10th FS, 50th FG. USAAF Station 551 (Lymington), Hampshire, UK

UPL 32571

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32571
  • Description: Location Unknown, but Lymington (USAAF Station 551), or A-10 Carentan, France likely.

UPL 32779

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32779
  • Description: Lt. George 'Pappy' Heinz, B-17 Bombardier, 381BG Ohl Crew, Chicago, IL

UPL 32786

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32786
  • Description: Sgt. G.L. Sword, B-17 RWG, 381BG Ohl Crew, Green Springs WV

UPL 32787

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32787
  • Description: Sgt. J.H. Tanney, ETT, 381BG Ohl B-17 Crew,

UPL 32790

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32790
  • Description: Sgt. D.H. Schneider, BTG, 301BG Ohl B-17 Crew, Ft. Thomas KY

UPL 32791

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 32791
  • Description: Sgt. G.D. Whittford, LWG, 381BG Ohl Crew, Green Springs WV

UPL 33865

  • Media Type: Video
  • Object Number: UPL 33865
  • Description: Dan Raymond, flight engineer on the "Little Gramper Jr" of the 389th piloted by Duane Hall telling stories of missions from Hethel Air Force Base in...

UPL 35303

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 35303
  • Description: 11LT Warren D. Glaser Radar/Radio Countermeasures Officer 466th BG - 784th BS

UPL 36489

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 36489
  • Description: Decorations Gram-Pa is 6th from left Middle row 7th is Joseph W Kane

UPL 36490

  • Media Type: Image
  • Object Number: UPL 36490
  • Description: Charles B Lozenski at home Daleville,Pa