8th Air Force 924
3 April 1945
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
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
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
Mission Details
Description: AIRFIELD
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Description: SCOUTING MISSION
Description: SUBMARINE PENS
Description: SUBMARINE PENS
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- Nicknames: Ruth
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Revisions
ContributorVirginiawise50
Changes
Sources
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
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
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'.