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.

Lt. Theodore Rogal, co-pilot in the 726^th Squadron

William J. Wissert