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Photo taken during training at Davis-Monthan AAB, AZ
Source: Ralph Hubert Elliot - Vet -
In the foreground is 44-10600 'Piccadilly Commando (flown by Francis Joseph Sweeney and crew #018-R2) flying in the #6 position of the 1st (Lead) Flight of the 1st (Lead) Squadron.
Above her is 42-94910 (flown by Victor Lee Neel and crew #014-R3) flying in the #4 position of the 1st (Lead) Flight of the 1st (Lead) Squadron.
Crew on 'Piccadilly Commando' was -
Francis Joseph Sweeney - Pilot
Edgar Robert Erikson - Co Pilot
Robert Clifford Flagg - Navigator
Floyd Eugene Yates - Toggler
Earl Stanley Hart - Engineer
Jack W Murray - Radio Operator
Loren Wendell Condon - Right Waist Gunner
Willis Hart Kirkton - Left Waist Gunner
Franklin D Zelik - Tail Turret Gunner
Crew on '910' was -
Victor Lee Neel - Pilot
Joseph Gordon Perlmutter - Co Pilot
James Ollie King - Navigator
Bernard Richard Harris - Toggler
William Howard Schmitt - Engineer
Edward Patrick Kenney - Radio Operator
John Savage Hamel - Right Waist Gunner
Alfred Lidstone Goodman - Left Waist Gunner
James Joseph Grace - Tail Turret Gunner
Source: 467th BGA Archives -
Pictured upon completion of training stateside.
Standing L-R:
Francis Joseph Sweeney - Pilot
Edgar Robert Erikson - Co Pilot
Robert Clifford Flagg - Navigator
Kneeling L-R:
Loren Wendell Condon - Gunner
Earl Stanley Hart - Engineer
Jack W Murray - Radio Operator
Floyd Eugene Yates - Gunner
Franklin D Zelik - Gunner
Willis "Bill" Hart Kirkton - Gunner
Source: Ralph Hubert Elliot - Vet