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UPL 35327

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Waist gunner S/Sgt. Casmir Skomski (center) during his training days in Alabama before deployment to England

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Units

Five men in Air Force uniforms posed in front of a building. Three are standing and two kneeling. The three men standing are wearing dark bomber-style jackets and one man is holding two fingers up behind the head of another man.

332nd Bomb Squadron

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

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Casimir J Skomski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-102584

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Bottled in Bond
Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

Mission

353

Date: 12 May 1944

Revisions

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

Contributorjvbednarski

ChangesChanges to caption

Sources

received photo from surviving crew member

Date: 5 Nov 2022 07:39:47

Contributorjvbednarski

ChangesChanges to caption

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received photo from surviving crew member

Date: 27 Sep 2018 23:40:03

Contributorjvbednarski

ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations

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I received this photo from my father, Casmir Skomski was his uncle