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B-24D
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The
Marshall crew: standing left to right: S/Sgt L. Harmon, tail gunner;
Sgt George Beyer, top turret gunner; Cpl McDonald, waist gunner; Sgt
Rudy Satten, ball turret gunner; T/Sgt Wildenstein, engineer, S/Sgt
Neil Drinkard, waist gunner.
Front row: 2nd Lt LaVerne Gonyer, bombardier; 2nd Lt JD Marshall, pilot; 2nd Lt Radlett, navigator; 2nd Lt Hill, co-pilot. 1944 (© 93rd BG, USAAF, via Richard Caravello) |
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Sgt.
Rudolph Satten, Ball Turret Gunner, 330th BS, 93rd BG(H)
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Hello,
I was excited to see a picture of my grandfathers B-24D Liberator "Flying
Wolves" on your website and thought that you might appreciate this
photo of him and his crew. My grandfathers name was Rudolph Saltalamachia
a.k.a. Rudy Satten, he was a ball turret gunner and flew 26 missions between
December 1943 and April 1944.
He once told me that he had either overslept or was on a pass off base and his crew all perished on one of the missions he should have flown. I can't find any information on it and don't know if this |
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S/Sgt
Rudolph Saltalamachia's 26 bombing missions with the 330th BS, 93rd BG
1943-44 (© 93rd BG, USAAF, via Richard Caravello) |
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330
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330th
Bombardment Squadron Communications unit: Seated second left; S/Sgt
Neil Drinkard
1943 (© 93rd BG, USAAF, via Len Drinkard) |
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S/Sgt.
Neil L. Drinkard, Waist Gunner, 330th BS, 93rd BG(H)
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Hello,
My Dad died when he was 45 years old and I was 15. I can’t tell you how happy finding his picture has made me. Seeing him with his crew and so young. He is standing in the back row of the B-24D 'Flying Wolves' photo and he is seated second from the left in the 330 Communications unit photo. Thanks, Len Peninsula, Ohio |
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Name:
Neil L Drinkard
Birth Year: 1920 Race: White, citizen State: Ohio County or City: Summit |
Enlistment
Date: 17 Dec 1941 Enlistment State: Ohio Enlistment City: Fort Hayes, Columbus Branch: Air Corps Grade: Private |
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Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Actor (Motion picture actor. ) or Director, Motion Picture (Motion picture director.) or Entertainer Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 72, Weight: 161 |
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B-24D
'Flying Wolves' 330 BS, 93 BG(H)
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B-24D
Liberator serial no. 272872, 'Flying Wolves' of the 330th BS, 93rd BG
1943-44 (© 93rd BG, USAAF, via Montie Guthrie) |
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