851st Bomb Squadron

Squadron

A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot

media-380904.jpg FRE 2099 A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture taken February 1945. Crew of "Gotham" C-Charlie. 851st Squadron, 490th Bomb Group 8th AF. 1st row kneeling left to right: Robert Showalter, ball turret gunner, Norman Borgman, tail gunner, Milton Sanford, radio operator, Gordon Handrell, flight engineer, Russell March, waist gunner. 2nd row standing, left to right: Chas Molloy, navigator, John Smith, co-pilot, Gerald Leland, pilot, Donald Nate, bombardier.' Roger Freeman Collection

This is my uncle

Object Number - FRE 2099 - A bomber crew of the 490th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number ) nicknamed "Lotta Stern". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Picture...

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Unit stations

Station	Location	Date
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People

Alfred H Hons

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-770905
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Anthony Lesnika

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33684927
Highest Rank: Corporal
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Arthur R Mack

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39863257
Highest Rank: Corporal
Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner

Alfred Manaviyz

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 31170225
Role/Job: Radio Operator

Albert F Mangan

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-493714
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

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Date19 Mar 2015 10:53:20

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:42:51

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)