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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States G  Gossmann, Robert |
[UP] - Gabreski, Gabby - Gailer, Frank - Gatlin, Wayne - Giller, Edward - Gladych, Michael - Goebel, Bob - Goerke, Delton - Goetz, Jack - Gonyo, William - Goodson, Jim - Gordon, Donald - Gordon, Nathan - Gossmann, Robert - Graebener, Larry - Graham, Robert - Graham, Vernon - Gray, James - Gray, Leo - Green, Herky - Greer, Paul - Griffin, Thomas - Grim, Vernon - Groce, Walter - Gross, Clayton |
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gossman
Bob Gossman joined the USAAF in March 1943, and after training was posted to England as a B-17 pilot with the 8th Air Force. Here he oined the 351st Bomb Group, 508th Bomb Squadron, based at Polebrook, Northamptonshire. He flew his first combat mission from there in January 1944, and later took part on a mission to Berlin with over 1300 bombers. After the war in Europe he went on to fly 58 missions in Korea, and another 30 missions in Vietnam. He retired from the Air Force in 1984.
| Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gossman - Signed Aviation Art |
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A Welcome Return by Anthony Saunders. The relieved but weary crew members of Ol Gappy of the 379th Bomb Group, as they nurse their battle scarred B-17G back to their base at Kimbolton. Close behind them, the remainder of the group, relieved to see familiar territory, makes its final approach after the grueling mission to Meresburg on 11 September 1944. |
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