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'Go Getter' shown at Clastres, Fr, after the 'Trucking Missions' were over. She had been declared "War Weary" (as noted by the 'W' on the interior of the rudder).
Something else to note if the "Circle P" visible on the tail showing through the group marking.
Also, note the P-38 landing in the background. The 367th FG (P-38's) was stationed at the field from 8 Sep 44 - 28 Oct 44
Source: Walter Joseph Laughlin (Vet) -
789th ground crew posing next to 'The Honey Wagon'. Vincent LaRussa is the man on the left.
Photo believed to have been taken on hardstand #13 looking towards hardstand #16 with the Bomb Dump in the distant background. 41-28744 'Fate's Fortune/Go Getter' is thought to be the first B-24 in the distance.
Source: Vincent LaRussa - Vet -
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Robinson's crew standing near hardstand #16 where 41-28744 'Fate's Fortune/Go Getter' is parked. The LAING contractor buildings can be seen in the background.
Standing L-R:
Marion Johnny Wooten (789th "Check Pilot")
William Alpern - Bombardier
Dallas Brown Delashmutt - Co Pilot
Edward James McCormick - Navigator
Alford Lonnie Robinson - Pilot
Kneeling L-R:
George Arnold Swanner - Gunner
Sheldon Avery Maskin - Radio Operator
Roscoe Harold Hanks - Gunner
Harry Edward Hildwine - Gunner
Aaron Hutchinson West - Gunner
Robert Welly Fricker - Engineer
Source: Andy Wilkinson -
Crew #039 "exhales" after the mission to "Big B - Berlin".
Pictured in front of 41-28744 'Go Getter' are from L-R:
James "Jim" Douglas Pickering - Waist Gunner
Harry Brent Ashcraft - Waist Gunner (hidden)
Carl Jefferson Stroud - Crew Chief
Chester "Chet" Roy Alford - Tail Gunner (Hidden)
Charles "Charley" Raymond Wagner - Assistant Crew Chief
Alexander Alphonse Wawrzyniak, Jr - Navigator
Howard Wilson "Doer" Dye - Pilot
Robert "Bob" Preston Walbridge - Bombardier
Eddie Ernest Price - Radio Operator
In the distance are the "General Purpose Huts' identified as #102 and #105 on the air Ministry Map.
Source: Howard Dye (Vet) -
Crew #039 "poses" after the mission to "Big B - Berlin".
Pictured in front of 41-28744 'Go Getter' are from L-R:
Carl Jefferson Stroud - Crew Chief
James "Jim" Douglas Pickering - Waist Gunner
Harry Brent Ashcraft - Waist Gunner
Alexander Alphonse Wawrzyniak, Jr - Navigator
Russsell "Russ" F Peppler - Engineer
Chester "Chet" Roy Alford - Tail Gunner
Howard Wilson "Doer" Dye - Pilot
Robert "Bob" Preston Walbridge - Bombardier (hidden)
Eddie Ernest Price - Radio Operator
In the distance are the "General Purpose Huts' identified as #102 and #105 on the air Ministry Map.
Source: Howard Dye (Vet)