FRE 1672
IMAGEColonel Irvine A Rendle, Group Commander of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs personnel of the group to adjust their watches for their 100th mission. Official caption on image: "51630 A.C." Printed caption on reverse: '51630 USAF- AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LIBERATOR STATION, ENGLNAD. Col Irvine A Rendle of Rawlins Wyo, Liberator Group Commander, and Capt Harold F Weiland of Elyris, Ohio, Group Bombardier, give the Lib bombardiers a time "hack" for synchronization of their watches before going out on their 100th mission, the invasion of Europe. US AIR FORCEW PHOTO.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Group Co. Rendle giving bombardiers time check for mission.’
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group Headquarters (14th Combat Bomb Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-21576
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier