447th Bomb Group Association
Hoyer crew, 709th
Unknown US
location, undated
(As assigned June 15, 1944)
Lt William G.
Hoyer
Lt Joseph J. Syoen
Lt John F. Riddell
Lt
Charles W. Pearson
S/Sgt Bernard A. Duwel
S/Sgt Walter
J. Degutis
S/Sgt Thomas E. Burke
Sgt Edwin R.
Thornton
Sgt Floyd L. Broman
Sgt Thomas C.
Holland
Hrabovsky crew,
709th
Rattlesden, undated
(As assigned Jul 28, 1944)
Lt Steve J.
Hrabovsky
Lt William J. Ruthenberg
Lt Harold E. West
Lt Charles
B. McPhillips
Cpl Robert A. Barrett
Cpl Robert E. Flynn
Cpl
Charles N. Gee
Cpl T. J. Holland
Cpl Robert W. Kuhfahl
Cpl
Orlando A. Petrillo
Hudson crew,
711th
Rattlesden, early 1944
(As assigned Nov 8, 1943)
Lt Wesley C.
Hudson
Lt Willard B. Corley
Lt Norman Bishusky
Lt Joseph C.
Hendrix
S/Sgt Edward J. Kelly
S/Sgt Donald M. Jungenberg
Sgt Leo
A. St. Laurent
Pvt Burton L. Wilson
Sgt Charles E. Gorman
Sgt
James E. Penwell
George Hughes crew,
708th
Unknown US location, undated
Standing, L-R:
Sgt Maynard J. Smith
Sgt
Summer S. Stacy
S/Sgt Marion L. Cherry
S/Sgt David Portnoy
Sgt
Louis J. Savarino
Sgt Lewis W. Dumond
Kneeling, L-R:
Lt George L.
Betker
Lt Francis C. Prendergast
Lt George W. Phillips
Lt George
G. Hughes
(Lt Hughes was killed on his
combat
orientation flight; Lt Phillips became
1st Pilot
for this crew.)
Hayden Hughes crew,
708th
Rattlesden, March, 1944
(As assigned)
Lt Hayden T. Hughes
Lt
Howard N. Barr
Lt William H. Allen Jr
Lt Richard H. Johnson
Sgt
Walter J. Zesut
Sgt Raymond J. Small
Sgt James R. Boyd
Sgt Roger
Hess
Sgt Barley E. Hill
Sgt George R. Bentley
Hyder Crew, 710th
STANDING, Left to Right:
1st Lt. LeRoy Hyder, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry Wood, Co Pilot
2nd Lt. James W. Voorhies, Navigator
Not Known, Bombardier
KNEELING, Left to Right
T/Sgt. John E. MacLeod, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Ralph M. Persun Jr., Waist Gunner
Sgt.
Tom J. O'Meara Jr., Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Donald H. Karg, Waist Gunner (Later Tail Gunner)
Sgt.
Emory M. Hurd, Tail Gunner
Hysong crew,
708th
Rattlesden, undated
Standing, L-R:
Lt Charlie McQuade
Lt
Lidge Williams
Lt Alexander Sabo
Lt James Hysong
Kneeling,
L-R:
Sgt Lloyd Hall
Sgt James Fenstermaker
Sgt Arthur
Knutson
Sgt James Coatney
Sgt Earl Morrison
Jacobs crew, 710th
Unknown US
location, undated
(As assigned June 15, 1944)
Lt Robert M.
Jacobs
Lt Frank B. Pollard
Lt James F.
Burkhart
Lt Thomas B. Winborne
S/Sgt Granville
Newton
S/Sgt John W. Tennant
Sgt Edward N. Wellnitz
Jr
Sgt Arthur Cooper
Sgt Louis Joseph
Sgt
Robert C. Scott
P.W. Johnson crew,
709th
Rattlesden, undated
Photo taken on completion
of
30 combat missions --
1st crew in the 447th
(As assigned Nov 8, 1943)
Lt P.W.
Johnson
Lt Roger L. Kaiser
Lt Lewis S. Chester III
Lt R.D.
Hooker
S/Sgt John Hughes
Sgt Roy B. McGraw
Sgt James W.
Minchew
Sgt Elwin W. Kreps
Sgt Theodore M. Christensen
Sgt
Bernard T. Nurre
William H. Johnson crew,
711th
Harvard AAB, October 1943
(As assigned Nov 8, 1943)
Lt W.H.
Johnson
Lt Harold W. Whitely
Lt WIlliam S. Fancher
Lt George H.
Ney
Sgt Frank J. Hazzard
S/Sgt John A. Higgins
S/Sgt Kenneth L.
Zieger
Sgt Elbert J. Williams
Sgt Paul E. Simpson
S/Sgt Peter
Bartkus
Kaffun Crew, 710th
Top
row, left to right: Lt. Edward Kaffun (0-802863) Pilot;
Lt. Clifford W. Coultas (0-752049) Co-Pilot; Lt. John L.
Brown (0-67472) Navigator; Lt. James S. Tyson (0-748117)
Bombardier;
Bottom row, left: S/Sgt. John P. Prasch (36609583) Top
Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. John R. Linkus (33238916) Right
Waist Gunner; S/Sgt. Eugene F. Schmitt (16016476) Radio
Operator; Sgt. Kenneth J. McIntyre (12157823) Tail
Gunner and lone survivor; S/Sgt. Jack W. Miley
(35714709) Ball Turret Gunner; and Sgt. Robert G. Lutes
(33238916) Left Waist Gunner.
Kaffun Crew, 710th Bomb Squadron, 447th BG. SSG John
Linkus, left waist gunner, is on bottom row, second from
left. All the others are unidentified.
Kautt crew, 710th
Harvard
AAB, Oct 1943
Standing, L-R:
Sgt James O. Noah
Lt Ervin
T. Kautt
Lt Keith L. Ratts
Lt Ernest Johnson
Lt Charles B.
Nemeth
Sgt Gabriel Nicoletti
Kneeling, L-R:
M/Sgt L.A. Grider
(crew chief)
Sgt Scott Eddy
Sgt Harold R. Blosser
Sgt Robert
Corrie