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1st Lt. Andrew J. Gorski

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1st Lt Andrew J.Gorski P CPT (LWA) flak in leg on 21/6/44 Basdorf (Berlin)
2nd Lt Kenneth L. Houghton CP EVA 25/6/44 as pilot of S.T. Major crew.
South of France (Supply Drop)
2nd Lt Ray E. Miller NAV CPT Pathfinder - Austin Dunlap Crew
2nd Lt Burton S. Fox BOM CPT Pathfinder - Austin Dunlap Crew
S/Sgt George Jones TTE NOC --
Sgt Albert M. Caldwell ROG CPT 3/1/45 Fulda
Sgt Joseph J. Parrilla BTG NOC --
S/Sgt Oscar A. Compton WG NOC --
Sgt John Rybak WG NOC --
Sgt Daniel M. Gargile TG NOC --

418th Sqdn. This crew, as above, joined the 100th Group on 9/3/44.

Letter from Ray Miller (April 1984):
We had not been a part of the group very long until Andy Gorski was moved into squadron ops. Burt Fox had been a bombardier instructor and had gone through phase training twice. He was a natural for lead crew and insisted that I be his navigator as we were a "team". Gorski did not go to Pathfinders but did get some Command pilot time (he got a flak wound in the leg while doing so). Burt & I teamed up with Austin Dunlap and completed our tour as PFF crew. Kenneth Houghton got a crew of his own and was shot down but walked out. It was in June 1944 and he has a good story about Gen. Patton and his staff. I do not know the fate of the enlisted men of our original crew.

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