UPL 20418
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Original USAAF photo caption : “23096 AC – Left to right : Capt. Edwin C. Baker, Pasadena, Calif., Capt. Philip R. Ziegler, Seattle, Wash., 1st Lt. Jacob B. Epting, Tupelo, Miss., 1st Lt Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.” (Awards ceremony in Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom Prideaux, from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt.) NOTE : Captain Baker, Lt Upting and Lt Hodges were members of the 93rd Bomb Group / 409th Bomb Squadron.
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14042973 and O-434752
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433371
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
Personal research on Lt Epting and B-24 # 41-23740 on which he flew and for which I created a page, as one existed for Lt Epting, with a mention of 41-23740 but no association between them.