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Beaty crew; 447th Bomb Group, 710th Squadron. Photo taken at Rattlesden, England, undated. Standing, L-R: Lt. Edward Beaty, Lt. Louis Gorrell, Lt. Robert Kropp, Lt. E.O. Campbell; Kneeling, L-R: Sgt. Theodore Sikorski, Sgt. William Palmatier, Sgt. John Smith, Sgt. Leland Bergeron, Cpl. Edward Jannicola, Sgt. Peter LInza
Peter Linza, waist gunner on the "Stormy Weather V" is initiated into the "Lucky Bastards Club" on the 12th of May 1944 for having completed 30 missions.
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 447th Bomb Group
Robert John Kropp was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 Nov 1915. As a child, he worked as a newsboy. He graduated high school and college and worked for a long time as treasurer at McGillis and Gibbs, a company that sold telephone poles. Robert...
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
Squadron
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| 27 September 2014 18:21:23 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men of the 710th Squadron |
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