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This is page five of a letter from Tony Mininni to Rose and Oscar Dobler, the parents of John Dobler, pilot of a B-24 from 828th Bombardment Squadron, 485th Bombardment Group of the 15th Air Force that had been forced to ditch near Vis island on the Croatian coast, while returning from a mission to bomb Linz, Austria on 20 January 1945. John hadn't survived the crash, but his parents struggled to accept this, and asked for more details from Tony, one of four survivors from the aircraft. This final page gives the contact details of the five other men lost in the crash.
Co-Pilot - Charles M Burgess
Navigator - Robert J. Vanderpool
Engineer - William L. Vaughan
Radio Operator - Oliver Robertson
Nose gunner - Samuel F. Elliot
Many thanks to Julie Harrison, John Dobler's niece, for sending us this letter.