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Crew

Capt Kenneth I. Menzie

On 7/10/43 Special Orders #21 (Hdq. 3rd Bomber Division) the following crew was transferred from the 100th Bomb. Gp To the 482nd Bomb.Gp for Pathfinder training. Crew departed Thorpe Abbotts on 10/10/43 for Alconbury to join the 482 Bomb Group (Pathfinders) 1st Lt Kenneth I.Menzie P * 2nd Lt Kenneth O. Blair CP 2nd Lt Vanden J.Willey NAV * Capt Norris G. Norman BOM Sgt Jerry (nmi)Korman ( from Lt Amiero Crew) * T/Sgt James E.Parks TTE * Sgt Blazier Paddy TG * Sgt Lewis D.Miller BTG Sgt Gordon D.Griffith * Sgt Britton I.Smith WG Crew Photo Capt. Menzie Crew at Alconbury with 482nd BG - Top row (left to right) - Kenneth O. Blair, Kenneth L. Menzie, Norris G. Norman Bottom row (left to right) - Jerry Korman, (possibly Vanden J. Willey NAV or Gordon D Griffith WG), Britton I. Smith, James E. Parks, Lewis D. Miller, and Blazer Paddy Photo courtesy of Lewis D. Miller

Crew List

1st Crew List

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2nd Crew List

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LT MENZIE, Kenneth I. CP/P CPT
LT BLAIR, Kenneth O. CP CPT
Lt NORMAN, Norris G. BOM WIA
T/SGT PARKS, James E. TTE WIA
S/SGT KORMAN, Jerry ROG XFR
S/Sgt MILLER, Lewis D. BTG CPT
S/SGT SMITH, Britton I. WG CPT
S/Sgt PADDY, Blazier TG CPT
3rd Crew List

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LT MENZIE, Kenneth I. CP/P CPT
LT WILLEY, Vanden J. NAV XFR
Sgt GRIFFITH, Gordon D. WG XFR

Photos

Capt Menzie Crew at Alconbury

812th Bomb Squadron, 482nd Bomb Group (P) at Alconbury. Photo courtesy of Lewis D. Miller.