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Source: William "Bill" Hirsch - Son
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The target was “Transportation Choke Points” (bridges, railroad junctions and ferry crossings) on the west side of the Seine river. The 467th was formed into four Squadrons and flew third in the Division. Seen here is the 2nd Section of the 1st (Lead) Squadron. Unsure which ship this photo was taken from. It was either 41-29397 ‘Slugger Jr’ (flown by Boyd Lee Woodis and crew #072-R1) in the 3rd position of the 1st Section, or from 41-29375 (flown by Robert Edgar Feldtkeller and crew #086-R1) in the 6th position of the 1st Section.
The lead aircraft on the right in 42-52571 ‘Snooper’ (flown by Kenneth Grant Ford and crew #052-R1) in the 1st (Lead) position.
The Natural Metal Finish (NMF) aircraft just above is 42-51354 (flown by Glen D Young and crew #055-R1) in the 3rd position of this 2nd Section.
The other ‘NMF’ aircraft at the bottom is 42-95187 (flown by Ralph Marvin Krupp and crew #044-R0) in the 2nd (Deputy Lead) position.
Following are two Olive Drab (OD) aircraft. The one on the top is 42-52590 ‘E Pluribus Aluminum’ (flown by Delbert Martin Mann and crew # 042-R0) in the 6th position.
The OD aircraft just below her is 42-52556 (flown by S. T. Gray and crew #064-R1) in the 4th position. Off the top of my head, this is the first photo I’ve seen on ‘556’.
42-52507 ‘Miss Judy’ is just visible on the lower left below the cloud. She is flown by Donald Jerome Hudson and crew # 040-R2 in the 5th position.
The crew on ‘Snooper’ was -
Charles Horne Brandon - Command Pilot
Kenneth Grant Ford - Pilot
Louis Harold Greiner - Navigator
Richard Benjamin Hirsch - Navigator
Milton Charles Kinnaugh - Bombardier
Eugene Hartsel Long - Engineer
Tommy Gordon Gentry - Assistant Engineer (Waist Gunner)
Dennis Fredrick Hock - Radio Operator
Isadore Kopcho - Ball Turret Gunner
James Wilfred O’Donnell
The crew on ‘354’ was -
Glen D Young - Pilot
Raymond Matthew McTyre - Co Pilot
Jonathan Ray Bickel - Navigator
Garder Harold Gilmore - Engineer
John Peter Bosko - Assistant Engineer (Waist Gunner)
William Augustus Cassidy - Radio Operator
Bernard Joseph Farrell - Assistant Radio Operator (Waist Gunner)
Michael Francis Dollar - Ball Turret Gunner
Harold Daniel Meintz - Tail Turret Gunner
The crew on ‘187’ was -
Ralph Marvin Krupp - Pilot
John W Schulz - Co Pilot
Elmo Loren Carmichael - Navigator
Charles Floyd Forsyth - Bombardier
Clarence D Johnson - Engineer
Arthur Barnes Turner - Assistant Engineer (Waist Gunner)
Paul Thomas Kirby - Radio Operator
Edgar Marion Rutter - Assistant Radio Operator (Waist Gunner)
Ervin Walter Bruckner - Ball Turret Gunner
Howard Lester Pillow - Tail Turret Gunner
The crew on ‘E Pluribus Aluminum’ was -
Delbert Martin Mann - Pilot
William Reynolds Chapman - Co Pilot
Joseph Junior Ginzl - Navigator
Kenneth F Tritchler - Bombardier
Willard R Richards - Engineer
Randolph Nathan Franklin - Assistant Engineer (Waist Gunner)
Darrell Lee Parks - Radio Operator
George Francis Shue - Ball Turret Gunner
John R Miller - Tail Turret Gunner
Robert Donald Hartman - Observer
The crew on ‘556’ was -
S. T. Gray - Pilot
Henry Ernest Meyer - Co Pilot
James Gladden Buck - Navigator
Charles Timmons Roundtree - Bombardier
Stephen H Arnold - Engineer
Warren Carmelio O’Neal - Assistant Engineer (Waist Gunner)
Clarence Tognarini - Radio Operator
James Haven Eberline - Assistant Radio Operator (Waist Gunner)
Allan Louis Francis - Tail Turret Gunner
The crew on ‘Miss Judy’ was -
Donald Jerome Hudson - Pilot
David Hallock Nash - Co Pilot
Beri Ami Bereskin - Navigator
Edward Henry Soltau - Bombardier
Frank Carl Buettner - Engineer
Gerald Louis Pucillo - Radio Operator
John Anthony Potsklan - Assistant Radio Operator (Waist Gunner)
Dominick John Cerrito - Ball Turret Gunner
Lester Eugene Hix - Tail Turret Gunner
Source: 467th BGA Archives