B-26 with crew at Barksdale Field, Louisiana on 23 August 1944
Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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B-26 Marauder with crew at Barksdale Field, Louisiana on 23 August 1944. "The Plane and Crew, Barksdale 7/11/44 to 9/28/44. L. to R.-Lt. Scobell (Pilot) Lt. Smith (Co-Pilot) Lt. Mertzweiller (Bomb. Nav.) Cpl. Strzelecki (Eng. Gunner) Cpl. Schweder (Radio-Gunner) Cpl. Smith (Arm. Gunner). (331 AAF 61884) Barksdale Field, LA."
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Items from the service of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 387th Bombardment Group, 559th Bombardment Squadron, European Theatre of Operations. Mertzweiller flew 34 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations.
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Bossier City
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32.500
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-93.717
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