Gene F Gabriel
Military
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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.
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.
Flew 35 missions serving on Gene Gabriel's crew. 'Lassie Come Home' was one of the B24s flown. .
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Sources
458bg.com (Gabriel crew) / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia