384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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Wilbur Soester Crew

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Bill Soester: "[This] is of an air crew. On the back of the photo, their jobs are listed, but there are no names. I’ve added below, in italics, what I think their names are. I don’t know if the picture was taken in England. Perhaps it was taken before they left the states (Georgia or Florida?). I’ve no idea as to when the AAF assembled their personnel into semi-permanent crews.

Assistant Engineer: resembles Donald E. Kelsey in the ‘formal’ aircrew photo I previously submitted

Me: Wilbur Soester

Bombardier: Earl W. Fisher

Assistant Armorer: resembles Thomas Schmeller in the ‘formal’ aircrew photo

Armorer: resembles John J Norstrom in the ‘formal’ aircrew photo

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Co-pilot: resembles George Sine in the ‘formal’ aircrew photo

Radio: resembles Robert F Wilhelm in the ‘formal’ aircrew photo."

Contributed by Bill Soester, son of Wilbur L Soester, in 2017.

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