Charles Edwin Nicklett

Military
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. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There is a small white scruffy dog in the foreground. UPL 67592 UPL 67592 Willing Crew, 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, 3 Feb 44, Rum Pot II, 42-31433. This was Mark S. Willing's last mission.

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Object Number - UPL 67592 - Willing Crew, 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, 3 Feb 44, Rum Pot II, 42-31433. This was Mark S. Willing's last mission.

Shot down by ME109s and exploded and crashed near Dorsten, GR on a mission to Oschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3087. 'Clean Cut'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3087

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Clean Cut
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 95th Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

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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. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear. There is a small white scruffy dog in the foreground.

Object number: UPL 67592 - Willing Crew, 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb...