• Mission #196 - Hanover, Germany
    In the foreground is 44-10600 'Piccadilly Commando (flown by Francis Joseph Sweeney and crew #018-R2) flying in the #6 position of the 1st (Lead) Flight of the 1st (Lead) Squadron.

    Above her is 42-94910 (flown by Victor Lee Neel and crew #014-R3) flying in the #4 position of the 1st (Lead) Flight of the 1st (Lead) Squadron.


    Crew on 'Piccadilly Commando' was -

    Francis Joseph Sweeney - Pilot
    Edgar Robert Erikson - Co Pilot
    Robert Clifford Flagg - Navigator
    Floyd Eugene Yates - Toggler
    Earl Stanley Hart - Engineer
    Jack W Murray - Radio Operator
    Loren Wendell Condon - Right Waist Gunner
    Willis Hart Kirkton - Left Waist Gunner
    Franklin D Zelik - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on '910' was -

    Victor Lee Neel - Pilot
    Joseph Gordon Perlmutter - Co Pilot
    James Ollie King - Navigator
    Bernard Richard Harris - Toggler
    William Howard Schmitt - Engineer
    Edward Patrick Kenney - Radio Operator
    John Savage Hamel - Right Waist Gunner
    Alfred Lidstone Goodman - Left Waist Gunner
    James Joseph Grace - Tail Turret Gunner

    Source: 467th BGA Archives
  • Mission #196 - Hanover, Germany
    Photo taken by Kirby Chase Stafford, Co Pilot with William Van Washburn and crew #034-R2. Appears that he left his Co Pilot position and snapped this photo from behind the pilot's seat while they were flying 44-10448 'Massilon Tiger' in the #2 position of the 2nd Flight of the 3rd (Low Left) Squadron.

    The aircraft in center of frame is 42-110168 'The Perfect Lady/Dirty Lil/Old Iron Pants' (flown by Henry Kenneth Close and crew #033-R1) flying in the #3 position of the 2nd Flight of the 3rd (Low Left) Squadron.


    The aircraft just above 'Old Iron Pants' is 42-52621 'Silver Dollar' (flown by Robert Miller Winger and crew #031-R3) flying in the #6 position of the 1st (Lead) Flight of the 3rd (Low Left) Squadron

    Finally, the aircraft just below is 42-52590 'E Pluribus Aluminum' (flown by Robert Linville. Hutchens and crew #043-R4) flying in the tail position of the 1st (Lead) Flight of the 3rd (Low Left) Squadron


    Crew on 'Massilon Tiger' was -

    William Van Washburn - Pilot
    Kirby Chase Stafford - Co Pilot
    William Lester Groves - Navigator
    Leslie Harold Edgerton - Toggler
    Calvin Collidge Turk - Engineer
    Eugene Harvey Jordan - Radio Operator
    William Gustave Pallo - Right Waist Gunner
    Rodric Louis Villemaire - Left Waist Gunner
    Mack Howell Harvey - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on 'Old Iron Pants' was -

    Henry Kenneth Close - Pilot
    Edward James Sanicki - Co Pilot
    Cornelius Gerald Costigan - Navigator
    Paul E Smith - Toggler
    Irving David Zimbler - RCM Operator
    Edward Kramek - Engineer
    George Orren Zeiber - Radio Operator
    Lynn Culley - Right Waist Gunner
    Hubert L Boyd - Left Waist Gunner
    Victor Sheldon Smith - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on 'Silver Dollar' was -

    Robert Miller Winger - Pilot
    Joseph Lawrence Casey - Co Pilot
    Walter Leroy Parker - Navigator
    Ralph Eugene Priest - Toggler
    Donald Phillip Cote - Engineer
    Wilbur Abraham Lewis - Radio Operator
    Joseph Leo Flynn - Top Turret Gunner (most likely Tail Turret)
    Emile Joseph Boutin - Right Waist Gunner
    Robert John Perkins - Left Waist Gunner


    Crew on 'E Pluribus Aluminum' was -

    Robert Linville Hutchens - Pilot
    Ralph Kenneth Ritter - Co Pilot
    Gordon Andrew Buchmiller - Navigator
    Jack Maurice Bristow - Toggler
    Wallace Ray Skeen - Engineer
    Walter Roland Colby - Radio Operator
    George Charles Farris - Right Waist Gunner
    James Alexander Rollo - Left Waist Gunner
    Donald Rudolph Raats - Tail Turret Gunner
    James Elmer Wiener - Observer


    Source: Kirby Stafford (Vet)