Photo Gallery
Colonel Robert E.L. Eaton, CO of 451st Bomb Group
Major
Donald T. Jones, Group Executive Officer
Captain
Monroe C. Quillen, Group Operations Officer
Captain James B. Beane, CO of 724th Bomb Squadron
Captain
Clayton E. Evans, CO of 727th Bomb Squadron
Headquarters
personnel at Geneva, Nebraska October 1943
L-R: Lt. Robert B. N. Peck; Lt. Frederick W. Hughes; Lt. Wm. N. Dwyer; Lt. Herbert F. Marco; Lt. Howard A. Leeser; Maj. Leonard J. Rohrs; Lt. Danial J. Coffey; Maj. Donald T. Jones; Mr. Edward Reich; Col. Robert E. L. Eaton; Lt. Howard D. Steinwinter; Capt. Linnon R. Blackmon; Lt. Luther W. Bradley; Capt. Clyde L. Wagner; Lt. Ralph A. Byers; Capt. Wm. H. McManus; Lt. Wm. McNeil
Crews
at briefing on Piombino mission
Gioia De Colle Field 2 January - 5 March 1944
Castelluccio Field in May 1944
Col. Lee, CO of the 49th Bomb Wing, presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Col. Eaton 9 May 1944
Col. Robert E. L. Eaton awaiting the return of his "boys", July'44
100th Mission Crew on August 10, 1944
Standing L-R: Lt. Kacena; Lt. Taussig; Maj. Byer; Maj. Hughes; Capt. Tuney; Col. Eaton
Squatting L-R: T/Sgt. Kornegay; T/Sgt. Petrovic; T/Sgt. Rhoads; T/Sgt. Dieter; S/Sgt. Westerburg
Lt. Col. James B. Knapp, 451st Bomb Group CO
727th Bomb Squadron Patch
Captain George Tudor fights to keep Burma Bound in the air after suffering flak damage on a mission to Vienna, 7 Oct, '44. Seven men were wounded, but a successful emergency landing was made on Vis. See "Plan Baker Red Force = A Mission to Vienna" in the Stories section for more on this mission.
Lt. Theodore Rogal, co-pilot in the 726th Squadron
William J. Wissert
Captain
George Tudor
Extra Joker's Crew
Standing L-R: Ray Fisher, Radio Operator/Waist Gunner; Bob Donavan, Bombadier; Gus Meissner, Co-Pilot; George Tudor, Pilot; Nate Firestone, Navigator
Squatting L-R: Lin Miller, Flight Engineer/Waist Gunner; Dick Moreau, Nose Turret Gunner; Orville Richey, Tail Gunner; Ted Gosinski, Top Turret Gunner; Harold Graham, Ball Turret Gunner
Standing L-R: Ray Fisher, Radio Operator/Waist Gunner; Gus Meissner, Co-Pilot; George Tudor, Pilot; Ted Gosinski, Top Turret Gunner
Squatting L-R: Harold Graham, Ball Turret Gunner; Orville Richey
, Tail Gunner
Crew 89
Front L-R: Bernard L. Waltd, Tail Gunner; Paul V. “Andy” Anderson, Ball Turret Gunner; Winson “Big” Jones, Top Turret Gunner; James E. Burns, Radio/Waist Gunner; Jack “Little” Jones, Nose Turret Gunner; Ernest W. Atkins, Engineer/Waist Gunner
Back L-R: Lt. Kett, Navigator; Samuel L. Dickey, Bombardier; Peter K. Dufault, Co-Pilot; Gerald D. Hopkins, Pilot
727th Squadron Ordinance Section
Picture taken at Castellucio Air Field
1st Row L-R: Unknown officer (not in our section), Lt. Robert O'Brien, Ed Morosi, Lavern Groves, Les Bear, Hugh Ward.
2nd Row L-R: Edwin Breen, Lou Jeaudoin, William Reese, Jack Odgers, Vince Kelly, Art Parker, Abe Stolzenberg, Bob Furgason (transferred to flight crew - shot down).
3rd Row L-R: Joe Urban, Andy Drnjevich, Charlie Pyles, Nate Trokie.
4th Row L-R: Ken Bright, Jewell Housewright, Dom. Colantonio, Bill Dean, Fred Grimm, Tony Defino, Pete Cardone, Joe Wojciechowski, Tom Gallagher, John Gundrum, John Henthorn
Photographers & Lab Techs
1st Row L-R: Unknown, Werberg, Wagner, Dwyer, Ennis, Obier, Pachter, Barton.
2nd Row L-R: Necroth, Prado, White, Woodman, Plessner, Trask, Stoutsenberg.
3rd Row L-R: Humphries, Mather, Lynch, Unknown, Hotchskiss, Rogers, Tribbett, Mass, Unknown.
Lt. Ken Whiting and crew. Most pictured above were lost in battle on August 23, 1944. See "Saga of the Extra Joker" for more info in the Stories section. "The Ole Boy" is Elmer J. Anderson.
1st Lt. Frank Tedesco
Don W. Robinson and crew
S/Sgt. Dick L. Moreau graduates from Harlingen Gunnery School
1. Ray M Beatty (Pilot) K.C. MO, 2. Richard McLean (Nose Gunner) Norfolk, VA, 3. George Pappas (Martin), Long Island, NY, 4. Merle Dupee (Bail Turret), Detroit, MI, 5. Thomas E. Fisher (Engineer), Pecos, TX, 6. Leonard H. Erickson (Tail Gunner), Eau Claire, WI, 7. Winston Humphrey (Co-Pilot), Louisville, KY, 8. John Buck (Navigator), Baltimore, MD, 9. Wayland W. Gray (Radio Operator), Indianapolis, IN
Lt. Maurice Beaucond and crew
Crew of "Big Boober Girl"
Standing: Lt. Keith Schutt-Navigator, Lt. Charles E. Cook-Bombadier, Lt. Dawson K. Hargrove-Co Pilot, Lt. Roger G. Sprowls-Pilot
Kneeling: Sgt. Hugh Holcomb-L Waist Gunner, Sgt. Carl Adams-Tail Gunner, T/Sgt. Archie Piirainen-Eng. & Top Turret Gunner, T/Sgt. Robert Hensley-Radio Operator & Turret Gunner, S/Sgt Erwin Bokelman, S/Sgt. Clarence Wheeler-Ball Turret Gunner
Lt. Ed Milliren and Crew
George R. Leek
Hoyt Simons & George R. Leek
Alexander Kuras, Lew Morse, Unknown
Captain Roemer & Larry Anstett
Crew of "Merry Barbara"
2nd Lt. Albin "Bud" Hilde