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: 16 November 1944
The B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50468) nicknamed "Sleeping Dynamite" of the 93rd Bomb Group flies over countryside with a formation of fellow Liberators. First handwritten caption on reverse: 'Photo ex a/c 617 11/11/44. Archer.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '1044/R.F. 93BG Libs on way to enemy target 11/11/44.'
  • Date: 11 November 1944
  • Date: 5 November 1944
An airman of the 379th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Swamp Fire" , 1 November 1944. Official caption on image: "(GRP-214-5-379)(1-11-44)."
  • Date: 1 November 1944
  • Date: 12 October 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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