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AUSTON O. CAPLINGER CREW - 427th BS
(crew assigned 427BS: 25 July 1944 - photo: Aug 1944)

(Back L-R) 2Lt Stanley Bober (B), 2Lt Donald Spruner (CP),
1Lt Edwin H. Katz (N), Sgt Ernest Toth (E)

(Front L-R) 2Lt Auston O. Caplinger (P), Cpl Theodore J. Holen (TG),
Cpl Carroll W. Jacobs, Jr. (BT), Cpl Andrew R. Olds (WG),
Sgt Phillip D. Mittell (R)

[photo courtesy of Don Spruner]



AUSTON O. CAPLINGER CREW - 427th BS
(crew assigned 427BS: 25 July 1944 - photo: USA Training)

(Back L-R) 2Lt Stanley Bober (B), 1Lt Edwin H. Katz (N),
2Lt Donald Spruner (CP), 2Lt Auston O. Caplinger (P)

(Front L-R) Cpl Andrew R. Olds (WG), Sgt Phillip D. Mittell (R), Sgt Joseph Flitcroft (WG),
Cpl Theodore J. Holen (TG), Cpl Carroll W. Jacobs, Jr. (BT), Sgt Ernest Toth (E)

[photo courtesy of Kathleen E. Bober]