• Vernon Maurice Blikstad

    Source: Dale Swart (Grandson of Lt. Lawrence Swart)
  • Crew #060-R3 Enlisted Men
    Left to Right

    Donald G Estes - Engineer, Earl H Fetzer - Gunner, Vernon M Blikstad - Gunner, Henry L Fason - Gunner

    Source: Dale Swart (Grandson of Lt. Lawrence Swart)
  • Crew #060-R3 | Pilot  J. C. Wilson
    Photo taken during training. Crew #AJ-6

    Standing L-R
    Chester E Stone - Gunner, Vernon M Blikstad - Gunner, Earl H Fetzer - Gunner, Donald G Estes - Engineer, Henry L Fason - Gunner, Robert A Germain - Radio Operator

    Seated L-R
    Larry D Swart - Co Pilot, "Trim Tab" - Mascot, Joseph C Wilson - Pilot, John "Stud" William Hillen - Navigator.

    Source: Dale Swart (Grandson of Lt. Lawrence Swart)
  • 42-52546 Southern Clipper
    Close up of 'Southern Clipper', flown by William Edward Shinn and crew #044-R2, going down over Berlin. Photo taken from 42-94943 'The Cherub', flown by Joseph Charles Wilson and crew #060-R3.

    Crew on 'Southern Clipper' was -

    William Edward Shinn - Pilot
    Kenneth Charles Micko - Co Pilot
    Alfred Henry Janss - Navigator
    Jesse Francis Watkins - Toggler
    Carl Stanley Appel - RCM Operator
    Robert L Williams - Engineer
    William Bernard Wilson - Radio Operator
    Edward Carter Galbreath - Right Waist Gunner
    Stanley Pinder Simpson - Left Waist Gunner
    Richard Lee Cisco - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on 'The Cherub" was -

    Joseph Charles Wilson - Pilot
    Lawrence Donovan Swart - Co Pilot
    John William Hillen - Navigator
    Henry Lewis Fason - Toggler
    Donald George Estes - Engineer
    Robert Alfred Gremain - Radio Operator
    Earl Howard Fetzer - Right Waist Gunner
    Vernon Maurice Bilkstad - Left Waist Gunner
    Chester Erwin Stone - Tail Turret Gunner

    Source: 467th BGA Archives
  • 42-52546 Southern Clipper
    In the lower left, 'Southern Clipper' (flown by William Edward Shinn and crew #044-R2) seen going down over Berlin . Photo taken from 42-94943 'The Cherub', flown by Joseph Charles Wilson and crew #060-R3.

    Crew on 'Southern Clipper' was -

    William Edward Shinn - Pilot
    Kenneth Charles Micko - Co Pilot
    Alfred Henry Janss - Navigator
    Jesse Francis Watkins - Toggler
    Carl Stanley Appel - RCM Operator
    Robert L Williams - Engineer
    William Bernard Wilson - Radio Operator
    Edward Carter Galbreath - Right Waist Gunner
    Stanley Pinder Simpson - Left Waist Gunner
    Richard Lee Cisco - Tail Turret Gunner


    Crew on 'The Cherub" was -

    Joseph Charles Wilson - Pilot
    Lawrence Donovan Swart - Co Pilot
    John William Hillen - Navigator
    Henry Lewis Fason - Toggler
    Donald George Estes - Engineer
    Robert Alfred Gremain - Radio Operator
    Earl Howard Fetzer - Right Waist Gunner
    Vernon Maurice Bilkstad - Left Waist Gunner
    Chester Erwin Stone - Tail Turret Gunner

    Source: 467th BGA Archives