UPL 20421
IMAGEOriginal USAAF photo caption : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Richard V. Fetroe, La Fayette Ind.; S/Sgt. Ralph F. Harms, Mt. Shasta, Calif.;T/Sgt. Chas. Kimtantes, Clarksville, Pa.; T/Sgt. Dell W. Kettering, Monmouth, Ill.; T/Sgt. Louis B. Kirkpatrick, Steelville, Mo. and S/Sgt Herschel H. Leist, Bocyrus, Mo., all of whom received Air Medals.” [ Sgt Leist is only partially shown at extreme right - Awards ceremony in North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. ] NOTE : Two last names are misspelled : It’s Fetrow instead of Fetroe and it should be Kimtantas in place of Kimtantes.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14057097
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Revisions
Added photo in relation with research about Lt Epting's crew on B-24 # 41-23740