8th Air Force 924

3 April 1945
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of large canvas bags. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear UPL 66544 UPL 66544 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/3 April 1945, Kiel (Dry Docks).
Back L-R: 1st Lt. Jack McCaine (MN), 2nd Lt. John Pylman (N), 2nd Lt. Donald Funk (P), Maj. Clarence Thacker (AC/CP), F/O Robert Ward (N).
Front L-R: 1st Lt. Lambert Muller-Thym (B), F/O William O’Leary (OBS/TG), TSgt. Roman Soto (RO), TSgt. Gordon Robb (TT). 384th Bomb Group collection

The Quentin Bland Collection.  https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/35742/search/8882

547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 8th Air Force 924 44-8541 Grafton Underwood Jack Mezick McCaine John H Pylman Donald Olsen Funk Clarence Lewis Thacker Robert C Ward Lambert Muller-Thym William Joseph O'Leary Roman S Soto Gordon Lee Robb On

Object Number - UPL 66544 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/3 April 1945, Kiel (Dry Docks). Back L-R: 1st Lt. Jack McCaine (MN), 2nd Lt. John Pylman (N), 2nd Lt. Donald Funk (P),...

Mission Details

Description: AIRFIELD

Description: FIGHTER SWEEP

Description: SCOUTING MISSION

Description: SUBMARINE PENS

Description: SUBMARINE PENS

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A bomber crew of the 391st Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group, with their B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Little King". Handwritten on reverse: 'From Malcolm E. Corum, 391st BS, 34th BG.'

43-38378

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hotter N Hell, Little King
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 390th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron 568th Bomb Squadron

43-38380

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Toni-7
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron

43-38391

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hit and Run
  • Unit: 34th Bomb Group

43-38393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

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https://valortovictory.tripod.com/1945-04.htm

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ContributorVirginiawise50
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Virginia Wise, eldest child of Lester Allen Wise, B-17 (43-39056) pilot, 8th Air Force, 385th BombGroup, who flew on this mission to Kiel, 3 Apr 1945

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ContributorAAM
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Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.

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