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Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of large canvas bags. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear
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384th Bomb Group Lead Crews/3 April 1945, Kiel (Dry Docks). Back L-R: 1st Lt. Jack McCaine (MN), 2nd Lt. John Pylman (N), 2nd Lt. Donald Funk (P), Maj. Clarence Thacker (AC/CP), F/O Robert Ward (N). Front L-R: 1st Lt. Lambert Muller-Thym (B), F/O William O’Leary (OBS/TG), TSgt. Roman Soto (RO), TSgt. Gordon Robb (TT).

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Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of large canvas bags.

Gordon Lee Robb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 17100188
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of large canvas bags. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear

Roman S Soto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of large canvas bags. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear

Clarence Lewis Thacker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 414th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-436544
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot 97th / 414th Squadron/ Transferred as Commander of 384th / 547th Unit /41st Bomb Wing Heavy Group B and Group C1945
Nine men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Four men standing to the rear and five men sitting in front on top of large canvas bags. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear

Robert C Ward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-131912
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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