UPL 6616
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466TH BOMB GROUP, 786th Sq, Dougherty Crew # 612. While waiting for a delayed mission, crew members were taking it easy when a jeep rolled up and a photographer took this picture. The next day the photo was posted on the main bulletin board with a sign- " Improper Crew Behavior while awaiting a delayed mission!" Crew members in the Photo: Standing L to Right: Everette M. Cranage (R/O), Charles Patton (RWG) Harry DeBoef (E) On the ground Front Left to Right; Richard Schroeder (LWG) Nick Kuklish (TG), Robert P Boumann (CP), Fred Utter (TT) On Ground Back Left to right: Ray "Buz" Edwards (B) , Jack Dougherty (P), Bill Horney, (N)
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13079323 and O-701668
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33670531
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13186608
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Crew flew 32 missions with no casualties. All but one crew member gathered for the Mighty Eighth Air Force Historical Society reunion in 1980. As of November, 2014, Nick Kuklish who was tail gunner and Jerre Williams, a ground crew member were still living. A video interview at a reunion in Salt Lake City with Pilot Jack Dougherty, Tail Gunner Nick Kuklish and Navigator, Bill Horney is posted on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zal_-ZkNqo
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgoejeht39k