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| Click the "NEXT" button below to see and read about the escorted flight of the Twin planes: "City of Washington" & "City of the Angels". This is the first successful around the world flight done in 1947. |
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| RICHARD H. GMERNICKI CREW - 358th BS (crew assigned 358BS: 28 Sep 1944) (Back L-R) T/Sgt Elwood A. Griffith (E), Cpl Ray R. Cooper (WG), T/Sgt Raymond N. Calenberg (R), Cpl Bernard Greenberg (BT), Cpl John W. McClymont (ARM), S/Sgt Thomas A. Henn (TG) (Front L-R) 2Lt Richard H. Gmernicki (P), 2Lt Chester G. Judd (CP), F/O Joseph C. Guerrieri (B), 2Lt William M. Jones (N) To read more of their story click on the insignia to the right. |
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| Click the insignia below for the story on the 358th Bomber Squad |
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| 303rd Bomb Group Click Below: Hell's Angels |
| This is a photo of the B-17 plane that Bill was the navigator for in WWII. This remarkable crew executed 35 successful bombing missions over Germany. The name of the plane was "Henn's Revenge" attached to the 8th Air Force, 303rd Bomber Group. |
| Here is young navigator "Jonsey". This photo is inside the B-17 Bomber where Bill is checking his instruments and maps. After all, he has precious cargo: The Pilot, the crew and bombs for Adolph Hitler's Nazi Army!!! Bill returned home to the USA after these missions before his 20th birthday. |