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"Blackie" Dunnam's crew show shortly after arriving to the 467th BG from the 492nd. They were assigned to the 788th BS at the time of this photo. In Dec '44 the crew was transferred to the 791st BS to become a Lead crew.
Standing L-R:
Robert J Moran - Gunner
Melvin J Gillette - Radio Operator
James H Thompson - Gunner
Roy V Winden - Gunner
Adrien R Giguere - Gunner
William D Surface - Engineer
Standing L-R:
Lewis D Blanich - Navigator
Blackwell C Dunnam - Pilot
Carl O Brasier - Co Pilot
James J Kish - Bombardier -
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
