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'309' starting to taxi on the 'Main' runway. Just crossing the junction of the 08-26 runway. In the background can be seen fuel trailers at the fuel depot near the 790th hardstands.
Source: Walter Joseph Laughlin (Vet) -
Standing in front of 42-50309 'Tenuvof' mechanics of the 789th BS.
L-R:
Louis G Macalone
Joseph B Welenta
Source: Joe Haenn (Vet) -
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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 -
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 -
Aircraft from the 790th BS at their hardstands. The two planes on the left, at hardstand #31, are 42-50309 'Plow Jockey/Tenovus' and 42-95237 'Normandy Queen'. 42-52534 'Witchcraft' can be prominently seen on the right at hardstand #32. The aircraft next to her (with her tail facing the camera) is unknown at this time.
Source: 467th BGA Archives