Robert A Steinberger
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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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19073457 / O-680350
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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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