William L Whitney

Military
media-40397.jpeg UPL 40397 486 Bomb Group, 8th Airforce, 835 Bomb Squadron 1944:
LT. John S. Simmons - Pilot (first) - center top row;
LT. Webster O. McCarthy - Co-Pilot (second) - "Mac" - 2nd top row from left;
LT. Lowell W. Markert - Dead Reckoning Navigator - "Low" -1st top row from left;
LT. Frank P. Tamburino Bombardier - "Tambie" - 4th top row left or 2nd top row from right;
SGT. W. L. Whitney - Ball Gunner - "Win" - end top row left or 1st top row right;
SSGT. Oresto J. Angelini - Flight Engenier
SSGT. Henry A. Gutenstein - Radio Operator
SGT. Morton M. Lehner - Right Waist Gunner; bottom row, 3rd from right
SSGT. George M. Peppard - Tail Gunner. Frank J. Tamburino

Daughter, Pamela Graverholt, identifying position in picture

Object Number - UPL 40397 - 486 Bomb Group, 8th Airforce, 835 Bomb Squadron 1944: LT. John S. Simmons - Pilot (first) - center top row; LT. Webster O. McCarthy - Co-Pilot...

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

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

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Added Rank & Role per info on attached media UPL 40397.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.486th.org roster

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Object number: UPL 40397 - 486 Bomb Group, 8th Airforce, 835 Bomb Squadron...