Raymond W Darling
Military
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UPL 51061
Yankee Gal (43-37844) Banta's Crew, 324th Squadron, 91st BG
LEFT TO RIGHT:
Jack Marlowe, Ball Turret gunner; Wayne "Pop" Kerr, Tail gunner; Mike Banta, Pilot; Fred "Peaches" Hindman, Waist gunner; Constantine "Bo" Boharis, Bombardier; Everett "Smokey" Montgomery, Radio Operator; John Dotter, Navigator; Ray Darling, Co-pilot.
NOT SHOWN AS HE WAS TAKING THE PICTURE: George Hobbs, Flight Engineer and Top Turret gunner)
Photo contributed by Mike Banta
LEFT TO RIGHT:
Jack Marlowe, Ball Turret gunner; Wayne "Pop" Kerr, Tail gunner; Mike Banta, Pilot; Fred "Peaches" Hindman, Waist gunner; Constantine "Bo" Boharis, Bombardier; Everett "Smokey" Montgomery, Radio Operator; John Dotter, Navigator; Ray Darling, Co-pilot.
NOT SHOWN AS HE WAS TAKING THE PICTURE: George Hobbs, Flight Engineer and Top Turret gunner)
Photo contributed by Mike Banta
32 missions flown. Majority flown on Banta's Crew in 'Yankee Gal'.
Awards: AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Yankee Gal
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bonsall, California | 8 February 1922 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/ Banta Diary