42-50960, no 85, Mary Ellen
Robert Ruetsch was part of the crew that ferried the plane overseas.
Plane was named for pilot's wife. Pilot transferred to another group. Mary Ellen is also Robert's mother's name.
Ruetsch painted Jaynie on the plane, his wife's name.
Mary Ellen was lost on an aborted mission. She had flown into a cloud when a plane above her salvoed its bombs, supposedly into the Adriatic.
Photos from Robert Ruetsch
The website 376bg.org is NOT our site nor is it our endowment fund.
At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.
Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.
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Reunion
NOTE change in month !!!
DATES: Sep 18-21, 2025
CITY:Rapid City, SD
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