* Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator - #42-52597 - "U8-W" - "LADY LIGHTNING" *

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466th BG - 96th CBW - Circle 'L' - 786th BS - U8 - 2nd Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew: Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator - #42-52597 - "U8-W" - "LADY LIGHTNING" - 15 Aug 1944 - MACR #8428
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O-425057 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - John Suchiu - Warren, Trumbull County, OH - Age 26 - KIA

15131815 - O-700972 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Mervin Louis Ransom - Sandusky County, OH - Age 27 - POW - Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag 7A

14147607 - O-691887 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - William Benjamin "Ben" Gatlin - Fulton Co., GA - Age 22 - POW - Stalag Luft 3

31082194 - O-701433 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Arthur Palladino - Revere, Suffolk County, MA - Age 22 - POW - Stalag Luft 1

14046730 - T/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Emile George Piazza - Hancock Co., MS - Age 21 - POW - Stalag Luft 4

32739130 - T/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Frederick James "Fred" Gerritz - Erie County, NY - Age 20 - EVD

33558860 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - Jerome Ralph Samburg - Baltimore City Co., MD - Age 19 - KIA

33560157 - S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - Lowell D. Stiles - Fairmont, WV - Age 21 - KIA

35608603 - S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Edward Anthony Dobran - Mahoning Co., Ohio - Age 20 - POW - Stalag Luft 3

35553545 - S/Sgt. - Tail Turret Gunner - Robert Richard Abbott - Findlay, Hancock County, OH - Age 21 - KIA
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