384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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LT Carpenter crew 47 001 Cat's Sass - Pulmadique

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This photo was taken at Grafton Underwood for the Carpenter crew.

Back L-R: Lt. Murray Altman (B); Lt. Sampson Sharff (CP); Lt. Carl Hedin (N); F/O Walter Carpenter (P)

Front L-R: Sgt. Edward O’Leary (BT); Sgt. Donald Girard (FG), Sgt. Wayne Fallesen (RO); Sgt. Dwight McCracken (TT); Sgt. Clarence Leibring (TG); Sgt. Bernard Zyglowicz (FG)

Assigned to the 545th BS

Sharff was original CP of the Ralph Connell Crew. He was not, for some reason, on the fateful flight on 13 November 1944 that resulted in the deaths of the entire Connell crew except Alan Purdy.

Source: The Quentin Bland Collection.

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