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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Seven men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men
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384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 4 August 1944/Crepieux, France (Launch Sites). Back L-R: unidentified 1; unidentified 2; MAJ Arthur Bean Jr. (AC/CP); 1LT Gordon Morris (P); unidentified 3; 1LT Sanford W. Marks (B), unidentified 4 Front L-R: unidentified 5; 1LT John Stimac (OBS/TG); S/SGT Emory Glotfelty (BT); TSgt. James Gray (RO). To Be Identified: 1st Lt. Daniel Corvelli (N), 2nd Lt. Robert Konopatzki (N), TSgt. Gale Darling (TT), SSgt. Leon Briones (FG), SSgt. Andrew Goresh (FG).

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Units

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear and parachutes.

Arthur E Bean

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-406218
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Commanding Officer
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Seven men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Leon H Briones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Seven men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Gale Lewis Darling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 17165013
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Seven men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front. Large canvas bags are laying in front of kneeling men

Emroy M Glotfelty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)

Andrew Goresh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15333815
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner MOS - 612

Aircraft

42-107125

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Doasy Doats
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron 491st Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

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Mission

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.

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  • Date: 4 August 1944

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The Quentin Bland Collection.

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