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Airfield
Front left to right: kneeling radio operator Staff Sgt Nick Mamula (KIA), ball turret gunner Sgt Arthur E Reed (KIA), right waist gunner Sgt Robert B. Smart (KIA), engeneer /top turret gunner Tsgt Edward C. Stoy (POW), tail turret gunner (Sgt?) Edward D. Mulenock (POW), and left waist gunner Sgt Harold B. Bolton(POW). Standing (left to right): Navigator George Vincent (he was not aboard the mission on May 28 1944, flight officer Richard C. Brown (KIA) took his place instead, perishing in the crash.), bombardier 2nd Lt Robert "Bobby" L. Woolfolk (KIA), copilot 2nd Lt Samuel R. Elliot (KIA), and pilot 2nd Lt. Herbert V. Strate (KIA).
Credit to: Bloody Skies: U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage in World War II
Chapter four. Family of Bobby Wolfolk and Ivo de Jong.
The right waist gunner is Sgt. Robert B. Smart, not Robert B. Good.
Michael Smart
Grand nephew of Robert B. Smart
Object Number - UPL 28409 - 370th bomb group 571st bomb squad. Crew 64 lost on Decatur Deb (B-17 G 42-31651) on 28 May 1944. Front left to right: kneeling radio operator Staff...
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749745
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group Headquarters (416th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Payroll Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-26182
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-743756
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Miss Laid
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 669th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Nicknames: Baby Alan
- Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
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Sources
Place added with details from:
- "Battle Colors Volume III - Insignia and Tactical Markings of the Ninth Air Force in World War Two' by Robert A. Watkins;