William R Solomon

Military
media-46934.jpeg UPL 46934 William Solomon (3rd from Right) with his crew and 42-98008 American Beauty
The Barmasse Crew were
L to R Ed Barmasse (P), Chas Yeager (CP), Richard Jones (Nav), Francis Dolley (TT/FE), Wm R Solomon (RO/WG),Edward Bruschke (WG), Richard Walker (BT)
not shown: Jerome Berndt (B), Albert Doyle (TG).

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Object Number - UPL 46934 - William Solomon (3rd from Right) with his crew and 42-98008 American Beauty The Barmasse Crew were L to R Ed Barmasse (P), Chas Yeager (CP),...

Member of Barmasse crew

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

People

Edmund Barmasse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-783492
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jerome M Berndt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-787241
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Edward Bruschke

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Francis E Dolley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Albert F Doyle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31357941
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (2S-G, serial number 42-98008) nicknamed "American Beauty" of the 486th Bomb Group. A censor has obscured the tail marking.

42-98008

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: American Beauty
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 834th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date11 Jun 2023 16:52:17
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to Summary Biography, Mascot? and Role
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

Date16 Jan 2021 14:02:24
ContributorRayWells
ChangesChanges to person associations
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changes to connections

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:40
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

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