Combat Crew Photos / hoyer - Kautt

 

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. William R. Sulaica, Turret Gunner

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