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Source: 467th BGA Archives -
Source: 467th BGA Archives -
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