42-39780 Little Twink
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FRE 4712
A bomber crew of the 351st Bomb Group inside a B-17 Flying Fortress . Passed for publication 1 Jan 1944. Printed caption on reverse: 'Five "Fortress" Men Killed In Parachute Jump After "Biggest Ever" Day Raid On Germany. Associated Press Photo Shows:- Back at their home base in the 'plane which went to pick them up, the five survivors of the Flying Fortress "Little Twink" talk over their experience. They are (left to right): Sgt. Seymour Zeitler, gunner, of 145 Amherst St. Brooklyn, N.Y.; Lt. Joseph Adamiak, pilot, of 297 Elm Street, Holyoke, Mass.; Sgt. Cleo Davis, radio-gunner, of 463 Laurel Street, Chillicothe, Ohio; Lt. Wm. Kelder, Bombardier, of Cuddebackville, N.Y.; Cap[t.] L.B. Roper, Squadron Operations Officer, of Buller, Texas (who flew them home); and Lt. Wm. Crockett, Jr., co-pilot, of Buna, Texas. WOR 263574/5. 1-1-44-Y.' Censor no: 298323. On reverse: Associated Press and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Long Beach 29/8/43; Scott 22/10/43; Assigned 401BG Deenethorpe 26/10/43; transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-S] Polebrook 18/11/43; 4m Ludwigshaven 30/12/43 with Joe Adamiak, Co-pilot: W. Crockett, Bombardier: W.Kelder,ro-C. Davis,Tail gunner: Seymour Zeitler (5 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Leighton Zeiner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Bone, Ball turret gunner: Chas Ellman, Waist gunner: Grady Fuqua, Waist gunner: Dom Ciafaglia (5KIA-baled too low for chutes to open); crash landed Hawkinge, Kent, UK 30/12/43; sal 5 SAD Stansted 2/1/44. LITTLE TWINKLE.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13116283
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18036601 / O-431981
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750263
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Hawkinge, Folkestone CT18, UK |