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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
BOB 'N PETE |
B |
- |
24 |
D | - |
105 | - |
CO |
42-40837 | 14 | 308 | 373 |
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00-3 | 14TH AF ASSOC |
Starboard (Right) Side - Featured on
Also Featured in
"The Santa Barbara B-24 Disasters"
Contributor -
Jack Gross
At Biggs Field, El Paso, TX in July 1943 before going overseas
to join the 373rd BS in Yangkai.
| Standing (L-R) George Belitskus - Radio Operator John Wedesky - Radio Operator George Lawrence - Tail Gunner G. Van Landingham - Armorer/Gunner Foster Hare - Engineer Brandon Hassinger - Asst/Engineer |
Kneeling (L-R) Thorel "Skip" Johnson - Pilot George White - Co-Pilot Harvey "Bill" Orr - Navigator John Bush - Bombardier |
Info Contributor -
Jana Churchwell-Scott
BOB 'N PETE was named after Robert Prosser and Peter Dannhardt, the two crew members that were lost at sea on a training aircraft The
EDDIE RICKENBACKER (42-7011), which crashed 4 Jul 43 nine miles north of Santa
Barbara, CA.
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