Edmund J Gates
Military
Top row, left to right: Alfred Rabo (Pilot), Fred Gilbert (Co-Pilot), Victor Prendinger (Navigator), Mike Berkowitz (Bombardier, with dig), William A Jones (Tail Gunner)
Bottom row, left to right; Edmund Gates (Flight Engineer), Charles Peterson (Ball Turret Gunner), "Johnson" (Waist Gunner), Thomas Kon (Radio Operator), Henry Kwaseske (Waist Gunner)
Photograph taken from Fold3, as well as crew positions in photo
Object Number - UPL 52150 - Lt. Alfred Rabo's crew, 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Taken 23 November, 1942, in front of B-17 41-24615 "Target For Tonite". Top row,...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
![Ground crew work of the 305th Bomb Group work on the engines of a B-17 Flying Fortress, nicknamed "Target for Tonite". Handwritten caption on reverse: '30/6/43. 305[BG].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407692.jpg.webp?itok=Vkvl3p1l)
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Big Bend Community, Oklahoma, USA | 15 June 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | 19 December 1941 | |
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Died |
Big Bend Community, Oklahoma, USA | 3 October 2015 | |
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Buried |
Fairfax, Oklahoma | 3 October 2015 | Buried in Pixley Cemetary |
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Sources
305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
