Ray F Souders Jr

Military
media-37532.jpeg UPL 37532 Crew of 'Hitlers Hearse' Sgt Souders is 2nd from rt, 1st row. Far left top row is a photographer who went on this mission to Munster... Met Sgt Souders during a 2015 Collins Foundation fly-in at New Cumberland PA.

Corrected entry - had mis-identified A/C in photo with another named 'Hitlers Hearse' which was FTR from Polesti.

Object Number - UPL 37532 - Crew of 'Hitlers Hearse' Sgt Souders is 2nd from rt, 1st row. Far left top row is a photographer who went on this mission to Munster... Met Sgt...

Ray is mentioned in publication "Osprey Combat Aircraft 15 : B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force." by Robert F. Dorr, Osprey Publishing. Page 76.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b6SqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=hi…

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Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Ray F Souders: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 37531 - Ray F Souders - flew 26 missions as Engineer/top...

Object number: UPL 37532 - Crew of 'Hitlers Hearse' Sgt Souders is 2nd from...

Object number: UPL 37533 - The photographer who flew with Sgt Souders crew in...