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Painter Crew Back (L-R): Lloyd Duke (B), Matthew Kowalski (E/TT), William C. Balantine (RO), William J. Keays (N), Norman G. Whitman (LW), Everett Ragan (CP). Front (L-R): Allen P. Kellogg Jr. (BTG), Jack B. Painter (P), Raymond Genz (RW), James C. Mizell(TG) |
Petroski Crew Robert Petroski, front row far left. Rest unidentified at this time. |
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Pluemer Crew Lt. Pleumer-P, Lt. Stanton-CP, Lt. Senapp-N, Lt. Traeger-B, Sgt. Dudgeon-TT/Eng, Dis Nicola-RO, Sgt. D.D. Bickston-BTG, Sgt. Salazar-WG, Sgt. DeLucca-WG, Sgt. W.B. Pegg-TG. |
Price Crew on left, ground crew on right Back ( L-R): Robert Herr, Grady Thompson, Conan Cash, Ed Price, Donald Hawkins, the remaining four are ground crewman not further identified. Front (L-R): Howard King, Harry Wright, Jack Thorp, George Krupsa (crew cheif), unidentified, Orville Sorrell (behind unidentified, between Price and Hawkins. Note that Robert Muffley, the original bombadier is not in this picture as he returned to the states after being injured on the March 15, 45 mission. The remaing ground crewman are as follows: Robert R. Renfrew, John A. Anderson, Willaim W. Alvey, Charles M. Dobbs, Alex C. Fortuna, Chester H. Watson, John W. Jones, John R. Jenista, Fred M. Kwan, Robert W. Leonard. The names were obtained from the original orders dated June 3, 1945. The photo was taken at Valley Wales. |
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| Back (L-R): Bill Poland-P, Otes Bennett-CP, Don Sockrider-N, Charley Beene-B. Front (L-R): Bill Powers -ENG/TG, Fred Schnitman- RO, Frank Buirgess-BTG, Thomas Kowalcky-WG, Jay Galvin-NG B-24, Jack Hext-TG. Note that this crew was originally a B-24 crew, but transitioned to B-17s with the 381st. |
Pry Crew Back (L to R): P-Jack Pry, B - Ted Snyder, N - Roger Burwell, and CP - Cecil Quinley. Front (L to R): WG - Al Johnson, ETTG - Ed La Pointe, BTG - Irving Smith, WG - Carl Baird, ROG - Russ Frautschi, and TG - Martin "Tex" Brandt. |