Reuben I Lehto

Military

Wounded by Flak on a mission to Berlin in B-17 on 8 Mar 1944.

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Jerome C Melinski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant

Paul Opalenik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

Anthony N Russo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32507542
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Lloyd R Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Per family records

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known to have been on that plane during some missions per family records

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Lehto was wounded

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Lehto was not in the 337th rather the 339th.

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Lehto was a radio operator

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Lehto is the acutal spelling and Snetterton Falcons book contains typo.

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Snetterton Falcons, page 99 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia