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484th Bombardment Group (H)

Kaiser

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Kaiser

Enhanced by Gerry Kersey

Courtesy of Mark LaScotte

Even though they are standing in Italian mud, this 484th Bomb Group 825th Squadron crew can smile to be back at their Torretta base after crash landing in Yugoslavia December 11, 1944.  The crash was caused by engine failure and fuel starvation.

Back L-R: Albino Frigot; Charles Laster; Rubin J. Kaiser (P); Chester Jones (CP)

Front L-R: Charles Elsesser; Pope; Ralph Christensen; Calvin Teel; Charles Shanklin