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

Beane 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

Castelluccio Field in May 1944

Col. Lee & Col. Eaton

Col. Lee, CO of the 49^th 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

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

Lt. Col. James B. Knapp, 451^st 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 726^th 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

L-R: Noonan, Bernard Suhl, M/Sgt. Frank Clark, Crew Chief, Extra Joker

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