UPL 51118
IMAGEB-17 'Sugar Blues' (42-37939 OR) 323rd BS, 91st BG Roman V. Maziarz and crew had been flying B-17G 42-37939 "Sugar Blues" (coded OR-S) on the 22 February 1944 mission to Bunde. Savaged by enemy fighters, Maziarz managed to nurse the ship far enough to make a successful (the co-pilot was slightly injured) ditching in friendly waters. A crewman holds the only remnant of their ship, an A-2 jacket decorated with the nose art. The rest of the crew wears (dry) RAF uniforms. L-R: Mortimer Pudnos, Joseph LaCascia , Walter Meader, Joseph Depoti, Unkn, Urban Jacoboski , Robert Heller, Arthur D Clay, Anthony Barbotti, Bill Love, Roman Maziarz .
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32412774
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner; HFDF Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33082582 / O-802597
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11122367
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner; Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12086778 / O-809717
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator