David E Gallagher
Military
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UPL 42445
Original crew: Gassler (pilot), Randle (co-pilot), Hughes (navigator), Dittman (bombadier, Mings, Morin, Mills, Gollaher, Cieri, Lenoski.
4 September 1943 mid-air collision killed Randle and Dittman who were replaced by Carl R THOMPSON and Hardin, who was later replaced by Logan
4 September 1943 mid-air collision killed Randle and Dittman who were replaced by Carl R THOMPSON and Hardin, who was later replaced by Logan
Picture from Carl Thompson`s Daughter
29 November 1943 B17F#42-3520 made a wheels up landing at Little Staughton on Bremen mission as wheels would not lower electrically. Ball turret was not jettisoned. Member of Gassler crew.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 394 / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi… Pictures Adam-Rector/Crew Pictures 72dpi/T_Gassler 72 dpi.jpg#