• B-24H-15-FO  'Topper' 42-52303
  • B-24H-15-FO  'Topper' 42-52303
  • Crew #008-R2 | Pilot: Kilar
    Crew #008-R2 posing in front of 42-52303 'Topper'

    Standing L-R:

    Edwin R Marcinkowski - Radio Operator
    Ronald D Spencer - Navigator
    Stanley J Kilar - Pilot
    William L Pehrson - Engineer


    Kneeling L-R:

    William H Wennberg - Gunner
    Thomas H Edwards - Gunner
    Haskell H Dekle - Gunner
    Allen A Davis - Gunner



    Source: Ronald D Spencer
  • 'Wallowing Wilbert' receiving engine changes
    '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