Ed Gore posing for a photo along the road that runs past the southwest side of the airfield. 791st hardstands can be seen in the background.
Source: Edward King - Vet
Crew #046-R1 pictured during training in Charlotte, SC.
Standing L-R:
*Joseph Dyer - Gunner
William Edward Hughes - Engineer
Laval Raymond Benoit - Radio Operator
William "Bill" Lionel Gelwicks - Gunner
James Richard Hofmann - Gunner
Kenneth "Ken" Allen Ross - Gunner
Kneeling L-R:
Edward "Ed" Francis Gore - Navigator
Edward "Ed" Walter King - Pilot
Roy Beach Flay - Bombardier
Thomas Fredrick Elsen - Co Pilot
*(did not go overseas with crew because of trouble with MP's. Replaced by Robert Perkins)
Source: Fred Holdrege (Vet)
Photographed by Roy B Flay during a layover in Iceland on the Return to the Zone of Interior (RZI) next to 44-10488 'Massilon Tiger'..
Standing L-R:
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Thomas Fredrick Elsen - Co Pilot
William Edward Hughes - Engineer
Losse Townson Piland - Crew Chief
Joseph Bruno Welenta - Mechanic
Edward Walter King - Pilot
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Kenneth Allen Ross - Gunner
Laval Raymond Benoit - Radio Operator
Edward Francis Gore - Navigator
Kneeling L-R:
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Raymond Charles Rothrock - Mechanic
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Sam Joseph Viola - Mechanic
Leo Elwood Smith - Mechanic
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The unidentified men are -
Melvin James Gillette - Gunner
William Thomas Milbourne - Gunner
Joseph Palen - Gunner
J C Smith - Mechanic
Ernest Irwin Anderson - Armorer
Omar Simon Cadotte - Armorer
Anthony Monce - Truck Driver
Glendon Travis Franklin - Truck Driver
Source: Edward King - Vet
"Ed" Gore, navigator on King's crew, demonstrates height of vertical stabilizer on a B-24.