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Photo taken in Arpil '45. Posing in front of 42-50949.
Standing L-R:
Dean H Johnson - Navigator
Frank S Watson - Pilot
Ernest G Sorrentino - Navigator
Kenneth M Rabin - Bombardier
* Not pictured Co Pilot Gustavius A Bentley
Kneeling L-R:
Carl J Dottore - Gunner
Hugh J Donlon - Engineer
Leonard H W Maharrey - Gunner
Gordon A Wagoner - Gunner
Gerald A Sadano - Radio Operator
Source: Frank Watson - Vet -
L-R:
Ernest "Ernie" G Sorrentino
James "Jim" W Holt
Dean H Johnson
Kenneth "Kenny" M Rabin
Source: Tom Johnson (son of Dean H Johnson) -
"Our Happy Home" in the background.
L-R:
James "Jim" W Holt
Ernest "Ernie" G Sorrentino
Kenneth "Kenny" M Rabin
Frank S Watson
Dean H Johnson
Source: Tom Johnson (son of Dean H Johnson) -
L-R:
Dean H Johnson
Kenneth "Kenny" W Rabin
Charlie Shinn
Ernest "Ernie" G Sorrentino
Source: Tom Johnson (son of Dean H Johnson) -
Shown here are the Group Lead Crew in 44-50325 (flown by Russell Egert Rothchild and crew #090-R3), Deputy Group Lead in 42-52671 (flown by Blackwell "Blackie" Charles Dunnam and crew #083-R3) followed by 42-110171 'Prowler' (flown by John Gurley Phillips and crew #063-R4)
Crew on '325' -
Aubrey Egert Rothchild - Command Pilot
Russell Edwin Scott - Pilot
Lawrence Harold Uebele - Navigator
John Joseph Shirk - Pilotage Navigator
Charles Arthur Shamburg - Bombardier
Robert Hartford Wyckoff - Mickey Operator
Charles Warren Cox - Engineer
Floyd Rosswell Barthel - Radio Operator
Bernard Ellis Scales - Gunner
Harold Clark Rubendall - Gunner
Robert Thomas Charmo - Gunner
Crew on '671' -
Blackwell :Blackie" Charles Dunnam - Pilot
Gustavus Andrews Bentley - Co Pilot
Lewis Drago Blanich - Navigator
Thomas Girard Schnorr - Pilotage Navigator
Kenneth Melvin Rabin - Bombardier
Bernard J Cassidy - Mickey Operator
Edward Jessie Wilson - Engineer
John Adams - Radio Operator
Robert James Moran - Gunner
Adien Rene Giguere - Gunner
Roy Vernon Winden - Gunner
Crew on '171' -
John Gurley Phillips - Pilot
Frederick Platt Walkey - Co Pilot
David Abraham Swiss - Navigator
Julius Nelson Summa - Toggler
Reuben Bartlett Eaton - Engineer
Joseph William Appleby - Radio Operator
David Merritt Bliss - Gunner
Jose Solorzano-Cortes - Gunner
Manuel Alzfan - Gunner
Source: 467th BGA Archives -
The date was 23 Mar 45 and this was mission #202 (AAF #201) for the Group. The target was the marshaling yards at Osnabruck, Ger. The mission results were excellent although the flak was “intense”. No ships were lost, however, the Navigator (Carl Robert Gloskey) on David O Catching’s crew was seriously wounded. This was his first mission and, although he did recover from his wounds, did not fly another combat mission with the Group. He did RZI with the Group at the end of the war.
The photo was taken from 44-49591 which was the Lead plane in the Lead Flight of the Lead Squadron (1-1-1).
Command Pilot - Albert Louis Wallace
Pilot - Earl Sonnenborg Jensen
Navigator - Robert Eugene Hicks
Pilotage Navigator - Joseph Paul Pepino
Bombardier - Joseph Aloisius Hodge
Mickey Operator - Leslie William Malone
Engineer - Leonard Remetta
Radio Operator - Jerry Fredrick Johnson
Right Waist Gunner - Joseph Henry Long
Left Waist Gunner - Emil Walker Hampa
Tail Turret Gunner - James William Stergis
The plane in the center of the photo is 44-48852. She was flying is the Deputy Lead position of the 1st Flight of the 1st Squadron (2-1-1)
Pilot - Frank Sullivan Watson
Co Pilot - Gustavus Andrews Bentley
Navigator - Dean Howell Johnson
Pilotage Navigator - Ernest Gaetano Sorrentino
Bombardier - Kenneth Melvin Rabin
Mickey Operator - Gerald A Sodano
Right Waist Gunner - Gordon Allen Wagoner
Left Waist Gunner - Carl Joseph Dottore
Tail Turret Gunner - Leonard Halbert Maharrey
The plane just visible above ‘852’ is (as previously mentioned ) most likely 42-95234 ‘Everythin’s Jake’. She was flying tin the #3 position of the 2nd Flight of the Lead Squadron (3-2-1)
Pilot - Paul Albert Deblois
Co Pilot - Frederick Joseph McCarty
Navigator - Donald Edward Bedard
Toggler - Chester B Baber
RCM Operator - Stanley R Moskowitz
Engineer - Ernest Richard Reid
Radio Operator - Robert C Gerlack
Right Waist Gunner - Harmon Scott Parker
Left Waist Gunner - Ray C Anderson
Tail Turret Gunner - Frank Christian Launer
Many thanks to Brandon for providing this (and many other) wonderful photo.
Source: Brandon Hicks - Grandson of Robert Eugene Hicks