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Delivered Tulsa 10/5/44; Kearney 23/5/44; Dow Fd 30/5/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-J] Grafton Underwood 10/6/44; 547BS [SO-H], 546BS [BK-B]; battle damaged Cologne 10/1/45 with ?; force landed continent; Salvaged 22/1/45.

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear, six men kneeling in front.  Large canvas bags are on the ground in front of kneeling men.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and seven men kneeling in front.  There are canvas/duffle bags on the ground in front of the men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 14170795
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane.  Four men standing to the rear and seven men kneeling in front.  There are canvas/duffle bags on the ground in front of the men
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31406410
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12176421 / O-719090
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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  • Date: 9 November 1944
An airman of the 379th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Swamp Fire" , 1 November 1944. Official caption on image: "(GRP-214-5-379)(1-11-44)."
  • Date: 1 November 1944
  • Date: 25 October 1944
  • Date: 19 October 1944
  • Date: 11 October 1944

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Contributorjgsmit4
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[email protected] - grandson of Richard Glen Wismer

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log