• Crew #044-R2 | Pilot: Shinn
    Photo taken upon completion of training at Walla Walla AAB, WA.

    Standing L-R:

    William 'Bill" Bernard Wilson - Radio Operator
    Richard Lee Cisco - Gunner
    Edward Carter Galbreath - Gunner
    Jesse Francis Watkins - Gunner
    Stanley Pindar Simpson - Gunner
    Robert L Williams - Engineer


    Kneeling L-R:

    William Edward Shinn - Pilot
    Kenneth Charles Micko - Co Pilot
    Gerard Gadarian - Bombardier
    Alfred Henry Janss - Navigator




    Source: Andy Wilkinson
  • 42-52546 Southern Clipper
    Close up of 'Southern Clipper', flown by William Edward Shinn and crew #044-R2, going down over Berlin. Photo taken from 42-94943 'The Cherub', flown by Joseph Charles Wilson and crew #060-R3.

    Crew on 'Southern Clipper' was -

    William Edward Shinn - Pilot
    Kenneth Charles Micko - Co Pilot
    Alfred Henry Janss - Navigator
    Jesse Francis Watkins - Toggler
    Carl Stanley Appel - RCM Operator
    Robert L Williams - Engineer
    William Bernard Wilson - Radio Operator
    Edward Carter Galbreath - Right Waist Gunner
    Stanley Pinder Simpson - Left Waist Gunner
    Richard Lee Cisco - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on 'The Cherub" was -

    Joseph Charles Wilson - Pilot
    Lawrence Donovan Swart - Co Pilot
    John William Hillen - Navigator
    Henry Lewis Fason - Toggler
    Donald George Estes - Engineer
    Robert Alfred Gremain - Radio Operator
    Earl Howard Fetzer - Right Waist Gunner
    Vernon Maurice Bilkstad - Left Waist Gunner
    Chester Erwin Stone - Tail Turret Gunner

    Source: 467th BGA Archives
  • 42-52546 Southern Clipper
    In the lower left, 'Southern Clipper' (flown by William Edward Shinn and crew #044-R2) seen going down over Berlin . Photo taken from 42-94943 'The Cherub', flown by Joseph Charles Wilson and crew #060-R3.

    Crew on 'Southern Clipper' was -

    William Edward Shinn - Pilot
    Kenneth Charles Micko - Co Pilot
    Alfred Henry Janss - Navigator
    Jesse Francis Watkins - Toggler
    Carl Stanley Appel - RCM Operator
    Robert L Williams - Engineer
    William Bernard Wilson - Radio Operator
    Edward Carter Galbreath - Right Waist Gunner
    Stanley Pinder Simpson - Left Waist Gunner
    Richard Lee Cisco - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on 'The Cherub" was -

    Joseph Charles Wilson - Pilot
    Lawrence Donovan Swart - Co Pilot
    John William Hillen - Navigator
    Henry Lewis Fason - Toggler
    Donald George Estes - Engineer
    Robert Alfred Gremain - Radio Operator
    Earl Howard Fetzer - Right Waist Gunner
    Vernon Maurice Bilkstad - Left Waist Gunner
    Chester Erwin Stone - Tail Turret Gunner

    Source: 467th BGA Archives