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Fred H. Tate - Standing Far Right

1st Lieuenant

Serial Numer: 02 066 199

He was the Navigator of the plane, and a bachelor. A Southern boy from Memphis, Tennesse he was the oldest officer of the crew, at the age of 22. Seen as the wisest of the men, but he wasnt - espcially when it came to a game of poker. He was a funny character and a ladies' man.

While flying a night bombing mission in Texas, he was supposed to navigate us to a single illuminated target in the desert. He guided our crew through the night to a lit up area containing a number of lights on the ground, and the bombardier put the bomb right on the target. The next day there was an investigation concerning a crew that had dropped a training bomb on a small town near Amarillo, Texas Fortunately no casualties!

(Courtesy of Bill Donald)