UPL 13768
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First "Hare Power" crew Back Left: Lt Robert G Bennett-Pilot, Jim Wyker-Co-pilot, Art Bailey-Navigator, Roland Weirbank-Bombadier, Chester Desky (sp?) -Flight Engineer Front row are unidentified enlisted men
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 668858
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hare Power
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Date:
ContributorMorgan Bailey
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources
Oral history from Robert Gordon Bennett, pilot pictured in photo
Date:
ContributorMorgan Bailey
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources
Correction to show men in photo were from first crew, not the final one that was shot down.