Lewis C Rice

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media-14485.jpeg UPL 14485 Crew #567/488
Lewis C. Rice Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons

Standing Left to Right: Lewis C. Rice (P), Walter M. Hatcher (784th BS Ops. Officer), Theodore Zorilla (B), unidentified person, unidentified person, Andrew Geletka (N)

Kneeling Left to Right: Drewry H. Stynchcomb (G), Theodore Ostrowski (WG), Edward J. Fraher (TT), John F. Zukowski (TG), Joseph Rocco (R/O), Ralph C. Edberg (FE)

one of the unidentified men is Denver Emmons (RN) the other likely is Francis T. Brennan (CP)

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 14485 - Crew #567/488 Lewis C. Rice Crew 466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Lewis C. Rice (P), Walter M. Hatcher (784th...

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  • Date: 8 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'
  • Date: 31 December 1944
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.
  • Date: 30 December 1944
  • Date: 27 December 1944

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466th BG Combat Tour

Attlebridge, Norwich, Norfolk NR9, UK 15 September 1944 - 25 April 1945 Upon arrival in England, flew several gas haul missions to France before flying his first "combat" mission on 12 October 1944

Other

Departed Attlebridge on Operation Home Run

9 June 1945 Arrived at Bradley Field, CT on 13 June 1945 after stops at Valley, Wales, Meeks, Ireland and Goose Bay, Labrador.
Miami, FL, USA Palm Drive, Coconut Grove
Asheville, NC, USA Box 705

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Wall of Valor

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