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'Wallowing Wilbert' receiving an engine change at her hardstand (#41) by 791st ground crew members in early summer of 1944. Wayne Gerald Mountford was Crew Chief.
In the background are other hardstands of the 791st BS. To the left is hard stand #39, with 42-94963 and hardstand #36 with 42-52303 ’Topper’. To the right is hardstand #38 with 41-29386 ‘Gerocko’
Source: Robert Wilson (Vet) - Myles Coolidge Memorial Collection -
'Wallowing Wilbert" about to land on Runway '03'
Source: 467th BGA Archives -
Ground crew from the 791st BS standing in front of 41-29421 'Wallowing Wilbert' at hardstand #41. In the background under the pilot side wing are buildings #129 in front and #132 behind (from the Air Ministry map) near the 791st hardstands on the south end of the airfield. Under the copilot's wing can be seen the trees from the 'Tech Site' side of the field
Standing from L-R:
Thomas Arthur Campbell
Wayne Gerald Mountford
Kenneth Robert Kleinman
Bernard Harmon Watts
Phillip Robert Rehm
Joseph E Greenwell.
Source: Wayne Gerald Mountford - Veteran