Anthony J Gianforti

Military
media-13495.png UPL 13495 Crew of 42-95050, "Gas House Mouse", 458th Bomb Group, 752nd Bomb Squadron. Horsham St. Faith Airfield, 8th USAAF.

Gabriel's Crew:
(Standing Left to right)
Sgt. Fountain Beale - Right Waist Gunner;
Sgt. Melvin Johnston - Left Waist Gunner;
S/Sgt. William Sweigel - Radio Operator;
S/Sgt Wayne Walker - Flight Engineer
Sgt. John Curcio - Tail Turret;
Sgt. John Barbour - Ball Turret.

(Kneeling left to right):
Flight Officer Anthony Gianforti - Co-Pilot;
Captin Gene F. Gabriel - Pilot;
1st. Lt. John Stern - Bombardier;
1st. Lt. Robert Gordon - Navigator.

Crew completed 35 Comabt missions July 1944 to Feb 1945.


Associations c/o John F. Curcio, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

Object Number - UPL 13495 - Crew of 42-95050, "Gas House Mouse", 458th Bomb Group, 752nd Bomb Squadron. Horsham St. Faith Airfield, 8th USAAF. Gabriel's Crew: (Standing...

Flew 35 missions serving on Gene Gabriel's crew. 'Lassie Come Home' was one of the B24s flown. .

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Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

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458th web site / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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