• Mission #136 - Bingen, Germany

    Source: 467th BGA Archives
  • Mission #136 - Bingen, Germany
    Photo taken from 42-95004 ‘The Honey Wagon’ flown by Henry Kenneth Close and crew #033-R1 in the 2nd Squadron / 1st Flight / 6th position.

    Plane just below the wing is 42-51354 flown by Travis Sewell Whitsel and crew #094-R2 in the 2nd Squadron / 1st Flight / 2nd (Deputy Lead) position.

    he aircraft foremost (and just below ‘354) is 42-50309 ‘Plow Jockey/Tenovus’ flown by George William Condry and crew #034-R1 in the in the 2nd Squadron / 1st Flight / 4th position.


    Crew members on 42-95004 ‘The Honey Wagon’

    Henry Kenneth Close - Pilot
    Edward James Sanicki - Co Pilot
    Billy Gordon Deck - Navigator
    Paul E Smith - Toggler (Nose Gunner)
    Gerald David Donovan - Radio Operator
    Lynn Culley - Right Waist Gunner
    Victor S Smith - Tail Turret Gunner

    *Oakie Roy Triplett - Engineer
    *Hubert L Boyd - Left Waist Gunner

    *Not identified on loading list but presumed to be aboard


    Crew members on 42-51354

    Travis Sewell Whitsel - Pilot
    Joseph Martin Gehring - Co Pilot
    George Branin Hallowell - Navigator
    David Arvin Keithly - Pilotage Navigator
    James R Andrews - Bombardier
    Daniel Garver Reiff - Engineer
    Edward Francis Deane - Radio Operator
    Raymond W Swenson - Ball Turret Gunner (not sure this position is accurate as the ball turret has appears to have been removed)
    Peter Levi Buller - Right Waist Gunner
    Frank Alfred Strickland - Left Waist Gunner
    Norman Alfred Gauthier - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew members on 42-50309 ‘Plow Jockey/Tenovus’

    George William Condry - Pilot
    Frederick James Jansen - Co Pilot
    Lester Norman Anenson - Navigator
    Harvey Gunnar Erickson - Toggler (Nose Gunner)
    Howard C Bright - Engineer
    Andrew William Csurny - Radio Operator
    Paul Joseph Hester - Right Waist Gunner
    Joseph Nathaniel Londree - Left Waist Gunner
    Earl H Johnson - Tail Turret Gunner





    Source: 467th BGA Archives
  • Mission #136 - Bingen, Germany
    The second in a series of photos. this one shows 42-51354 flown by Travis Sewell Whitsel and crew #094-R2 in the 2nd Squadron / 1st Flight / 2nd (Deputy Lead) position just leaving the frame on the left.

    The next aircraft is 42-50309 ‘Plow Jockey/Tenovus’ flown by George William Condry and crew #034-R1 in the in the 2nd Squadron / 1st Flight / 4th position.

    The plane to the right is a rather rare view of 42-94931 ‘Sacktime’ flown by Donald Eugene Reab and crew #026-R1 in the 2nd Squadron / 1st Flight / 5th position.

    Crew members on 42-51354

    Travis Sewell Whitsel - Pilot
    Joseph Martin Gehring - Co Pilot
    George Branin Hallowell - Navigator
    David Arvin Keithly - Pilotage Navigator
    James R Andrews - Bombardier
    Daniel Garver Reiff - Engineer
    Edward Francis Deane - Radio Operator
    Raymond W Swenson - Ball Turret Gunner (not sure this position is accurate as the ball turret has appears to have been removed)
    Peter Levi Buller - Right Waist Gunner
    Frank Alfred Strickland - Left Waist Gunner
    Norman Alfred Gauthier - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew members on 42-50309 ‘Plow Jockey/Tenovus’

    George William Condry - Pilot
    Frederick James Jansen - Co Pilot
    Lester Norman Anenson - Navigator
    Harvey Gunnar Erickson - Toggler (Nose Gunner)
    Howard C Bright - Engineer
    Andrew William Csurny - Radio Operator
    Paul Joseph Hester - Right Waist Gunner
    Joseph Nathaniel Londree - Left Waist Gunner
    Earl H Johnson - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew members on 42-94931 ‘Sacktime’

    Donald Eugene Reab - Pilot
    Charles Arthur Pappas - Co Pilot
    Albert August Henke - Navigator
    Anthony Ralph Marrone - Toglier (Nose Gunner)
    Lyle Clayton Secor - Engineer
    Richard Roy King - Radio Operator
    Jerome Degan - Right Waist Gunner
    Melvin Eugene Knapp - Left Waist Gunner
    Irvin Louis Greenberg - Tail Turret Gunner
    W. F. O’Hara - Observer




    Source: 467th BGA Archives