• B-24J-65-CF  'Rhienmachen' 44-10596
  • Crew #051-R5 | Pilot: Ferree
    Photo taken during the crews return to the US.

    Standing L-R:

    Walter P Bogusz, John R kindra, Hobart G Ferree, Isaac W Fesmire, Eugene A Garrett, Luther J Hallman

    Kneeling L-R:

    Herbert C Deesen, Frank Giosta, Stanley A Spinweber, Richard E Fletcher

    Source: Mary Ann Garrett
  • B-24J-65-CF  'Rhienmachen' 44-10596

    Source: Vernon Mason (Vet)
  • Eugene Hugh Hagene
    Gene Hagene and his brother Adrian visiting Rackheath from Prestwick, Scotland, stand on the wingtip of a42-51280 'Litt'l Chum". 44-10596 'Rhienmachen' is in the background on hardstand #22 while 'Litt'l Chum" is on hardstand #21

    Source: Eugene Hagene (Vet) - 467th Archives
  • Mission #218 - 1st Flight of 3rd Squadron
    Pictured is the 3rd Section/Squadron, 1st (Lead) Flight. The photo taken from 42-95224 ‘Lonely Heart’ (flown by John T Cockrell and crew #052-R3) in a position that seems to have been started later in the war which is “high left” of the regular Section positions.

    Visible in the foreground is 42-52534 ‘Witchcraft (flown by James Watson McFarland and crew #073-R1) in the #3 position.

    The far left ship is 44-48820 ‘Lucky ‘Leven (Always a Winner)’ (flown by Edward Theodore Holum and crew #088-R2) in the 1st ‘Lead’ position

    The ship just behind and above is 44-10552 (flown by Robert Anthony Meyers and crew #062-R3) in the #2 ‘Deputy Lead’ position

    Pictured just above ‘Witchcraft’ is 44-50482 (flown by Legrand Guild Steele and crew #059-R3) in the #4 position.

    Just above and behind ‘482’ is 42-110171 ‘The Prowler’ (flown by Oscar Luther Leathers and crew #074-R0) in the #5 position

    Finally, just coming into view to the right is 44-10596 ‘Rheinmachen’ (flown by James Gerald Coffey and crew #056-R4) in the #6 position.

    Crew on ‘Lonely Heart’ was -

    John T Cockrell - Pilot
    Arthur Horovitz - Co Pilot
    George Albert Bunch - Navigator
    Roy Ronald Christian - Toggler
    Albert Neil Coppedge - Engineer
    Thomas Joseph McLaughlin - Radio Operator


    Crew on ‘Witchcraft’ was -

    James Watson McFarland - Pilot
    Steve Joseph Maznio - Co Pilot
    Joseph George Dzenowagis - Navigator
    Edgar Sutton Collins - Toggler
    Don Clifford Fields - Engineer
    Robert E Lee Held - Radio Operator


    Crew on ‘Lucky ‘Leven’ was -

    Edward Theodore Holum - Pilot
    Morris Lee Davidson - Co Pilot
    Arthur Newton Gentry - Navigator
    Frank Panetta - Pilotage Navigator
    Willard Joseph Overlock - Bombardier
    James Joseph Kish - Mickey Operator
    Richard Jerome Muffoletto - Engineer
    Alexander Kaiwi - Radio Operator
    Lyle Dwaine Waite - Right Waist Gunner
    Raymond Alton Swanson - Tail Turret Gunner



    Crew on ‘552’ was -

    Robert Anthony Meyers - Pilot
    Caswell Fincher Neal - Co Pilot
    Henry Junior Storey - Navigator
    Geoffrey Gibson Gregory - Bombardier
    Leroy Wayne Reynolds - Toggler
    James B Wilson - Engineer
    James N Hunt - Radio Operator


    Crew on ‘482’ was -

    Legrand Guild Steele - Pilot
    Fred Cecil Hudlow - Co Pilot
    Maurice Beaty Dunn - Navigator
    Kenneth Lee Orndorff - Toggler
    Vernon Wayne Hibbs - Engineer
    Chester A Olenik - Radio Operator


    Crew on ‘The Prowler’ was -

    Oscar Luther Leathers - Pilot
    Lorain Darell Johns - Co Pilot
    Robert Leonard Dotts - Navigator
    Charles William Mohrman - Toggler
    Robert Rothchild - Engineer
    Paul B MacDonald - Radio Operator


    Crew on ‘Rheinmachen’ was -

    James Gerald Coffey - Pilot
    Harmon Joseph Small - Co Pilot
    Albert Anthony Muller - Navigator
    Robert Leon Miller - Toggler
    Horace Ellis Halpin - RCM Operator
    Anthony Debiasse - Engineer
    Donald Joseph Faford - Radio Operator



    Source: 467th BGA Archives