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First Lieutenant Wendell C. Session and his crew at 490th BG, Eye, England. Chuck, Pilot, is back row, left.

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Units

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

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

851st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Wendell C Sessions

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 77843
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Locations

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Brome

Revisions

Date: 1 May 2018 14:34:32

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ChangesCreated entry with collection, caption, unit associations and person associations

Sources

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.