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Old 4th December 2007, 21:34
Leendert Leendert is offline
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Re: B-24 against German Weather Station

Hans,

It took me a while, but I found a post on "armyairforces.com", dated 29 Sept 2005.
I've copied the text for you:

"I'm searching for any of the following persons who were crewmembers on two B-17Fs that on 13 and 25 May 1943 carried out bombing raids on a German weather and radio station at Sabine Island, on Greenland's northeast coast.

The B-17s employed were probably ones being ferried from the USA to England and not yet assigned to a Bomb Group. At least some of the crew (bombardiers and gunners) were assigned from the 1st Provisional Bombardment Flight in Greenland.

B-17F 41-24583: Capt. Kenneth H. Turner (pilot) 0-329838 1/Lt. Bruno A. Carr (co-pilot) 0-483567 1/Lt. Herbert Kurz (navigator) 0-791762 Pvt. Norman C. Anderson (engineer) 17078986 Pfc. Carl H. Brehme (asst. engineer) 12050934 Sgt. Ralph E. Coleman (radio op.) 35277567 T/Sgt. Richard A. Blodgett (radio op.) 11009772 S/Sgt. Edwin G. Insley (bombardier) 33064534 S/Sgt. William C. Galvin (gunner) 13060375 S/Sgt. Orville C. Howe (gunner) 6570005

B-17F 41-24500 "Annie Freeze": Capt. Fred P. Koupal (pilot) 0-350304 2/Lt. Charles P. Miller (co-pilot) 0-795066 1/Lt. Jack L. Brenner (navigator) 0-791557 M/Sgt. Earle D. Blake (engineer) 11013452 Sgt. Warren L. Blake (asst. engineer) 13045792 Sgt. Norman E. Tucker (radio op.) 36072629 S/Sgt. Buren J. Braud (bombardier) 14046678 S/Sgt. Fay Dunlop (gunner) 35380453 S/Sgt. Marvin L. Guthrie (gunner) 6388833

Ragnar J. Ragnarsson"


Regards,

Leendert
Brugge/Belgium
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