Bertram H Kaplan

Military
media-27906.jpeg UPL 27906 305th Bomb Group crew in front of B-17 #41-24564 'Patches', 5 June 1943.
Back row, left to right: ?, ?, 1/Lt Bertram H Kaplan, ?, ?, ?
Front row, left to right: ?, ?, ?, 1/Lt Stanley M Van Dyke with mascot teddy bear, Capt Cunningham

Crew members identified by user 'patootie' on Fold3: https://www.fold3.com/image/161228954

Object Number - UPL 27906 - 305th Bomb Group crew in front of B-17 #41-24564 'Patches', 5 June 1943. Back row, left to right: ?, ?, 1/Lt Bertram H Kaplan, ?, ?, ? Front row,...

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2044662
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33 350 953
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches (was originally named Cunningham's Coffin after the pilot, but no nose art carried)
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (XK-D, serial number 42-29557) of the 365th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group takes off. Handwritten caption on reverse: '30/6/43.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yankee Gal
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 366th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group

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ContributorCHARLIE B
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AAF Archives

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ContributorAAM
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305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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