FRE 3854
IMAGEBrigadier-General Fred L. Anderson and a crew of the 94th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-Z) at Bury St. Edmunds (Rougham). 19 May 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '51783 AC- Brig. General Fred L. Anderson with crew of the 94th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. Jefferson D. Polk, ball turret gunner, Okla. City, Okla.; S/Sgt. A.W. Hornden[?], top turret gunner; T/Sgt. Charles H. McNemar, Radio Operator, Weston, W. Va.; General Fred L. Anderson; Col. John G. Moore, co-pilot, Los Animas, Col.; Capt. Kenneth S. Steele, pilot, Santa Rosa, Calif.; Capt. John F. Watters, Group Bombardier, Slema, Ala.; 1st Lt. Robert Schaefer, Navigator, Minn. Front row, left to right: S/Sgt. Earl L. Porath, waist gunner, Naleigh, Neb.; S/Sgt. Eino Asiala, tail gunner, Freda, Mich.; S/Sgt. Richard H. Lewis, waist gunner, Chicago, Ill.; and 1st Lt. Martin V. Stanford, bombardier, Kokomo, Ind. U.S. Air Force Photo.' Handwritten on reverse: '19/5/43.'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: US Strategic Air Forces VIII Bomber Command 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-17175
- Highest Rank: General
- Role/Job: Commanding General
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16064840
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36345860
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35279305
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mr Five by Five, Nip N Tuck
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham