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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) -
DFC Review held on the main runway. Pictured are -
Front Row L-R:
Frank Boydston Summers - Pilot crew #043-R4
John Raymond Moseley - Pilot crew #089-R6
Blackwell Charles Dunnam - Pilot crew #083-R3
Ralph Hubert Elliot - Pilot crew #095-R1
William Reynolds Chapman - Pilot crew #092-R3
James William Holt - Mickey Operator crew #078-R1
Back Row:
James Francis Peters - Navigator crew #080-R3
Joseph Paul Pepino - Pilotage Navigator crew #048-R2
Arnold Rolin Thompson - Navigator crew #095-R1
Edward Walter King - Pilot crew #045-R1
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Robert Miller Winger - 031-R3
Source: Ralph Hubert Elliot - Vet -
DFC Review held on the main runway. Pictured are L-R:
George William Darnell - Group Adjutant
James Jeremiah Mahoney - Group Deputy Commanding Officer
Ion Sessions Walker - Group Executive Officer
??? (behind)
Albert Joseph Shower - Group Commanding Officer
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Frank Fancher Creager - Commanding Officer 47th Sub Depot
Caper Andrews Holmes - Group Navigator
Paul Ellis Geske - Engineering Officer
Joseph Severance - 790th BS Operations Officer
Frank Boydston Summers - Pilot crew #043-R4
John Raymond Moseley - Pilot crew #089-R6
Blackwell Charles Dunnam - Pilot crew #083-R3
Ralph Hubert Elliot - Pilot crew #095-R1
William Reynolds Chapman - Pilot crew #092-R3
James William Holt - Mickey Operator crew #078-R1
James Francis Peters - Navigator crew #080-R3
Joseph Paul Pepino - Pilotage Navigator crew #048-R2
Arnold Rolin Thompson - Navigator crew #095-R1
Edward Walter King - Pilot crew #045-R1
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Robert Miller Winger - 031-R3
* A portion of the T2 hanger of the east side of the airfield can be seen to the far right side of the photo
Source: Ralph Hubert Elliot - 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 King 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