Lt. Hugh Charles Luterick, bombardier, stands in front of the Martin B-26 Marauder "Booger Red II" in 1945

Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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Lt. Hugh Charles Luterick, bombardier, stands in front of the Martin B-26 Marauder "Booger Red II" in 1945. "Hugh Luterick, St. Quenton, France." "One of our retired planes. Was over 100 missions in. That is Luterick standing by it. (One of my buddies.)

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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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Saint Quentin
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49.850
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3.283
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Bombers--American--Europe