Robert A Steinberger

Military
media-47775.jpeg UPL 47775 William A Callahan's (4th from left) - Lt. Lamb's Crew

2nd LT Daniel Elliott Whitlock of Arroyo Grande, CA is second from left in the front row. Whitlock was awarded the DFC after pilot Lamb was badly burned from a flak hit that set the ship afire during a mission over Berlin on 6 March 1944. Copilot Whitlock knocked the fire down and got his aircrew--minus the navigator and bombardier, who had bailed out on Lamb's order--safely home to RAF Snetterton Heath.

Object Number - UPL 47775 - William A Callahan's (4th from left) - Lt. Lamb's Crew

B-17G #42-97524 returned from a mission to Berlin after the top turret caught fire and four crewman baled out on 9 Mar 1944. RTD.

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The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William A Callahan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32430242
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner

Anthony John Cvitkovich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13131697
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Melvin Blaine Hays

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39192109
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Henry John Janczarek

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36170538
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

James W Lamb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20707682 at enlistment, then O-799791
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97524

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons pg 76

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