B-17G-5-BO 42-31219
710th SQ
Delivered Denver 4/10/43; Harvard 14/10/43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 22/11/43, crashed on take off from Goose Bay, Labrador, at Lake Melville en route UK, with Capt Lester White.
Capt Lester White | Pilot |
Lt. Frank Haag | Co-Pilot |
Lt. Tom Cannon | Navigator (Cameron?) |
Lt. Gilligen Moseley | Bombardier |
T/Sgt Martin Slattery | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner |
T/Sgt Alfred Haag | Radio Operator |
Sgt George Oakley | Ball Turret Gunner |
Cpl Ray Hodges | Waist Gunner |
Sgt Lorenz Kirchoff | Waist Gunner (Body Never Recovered) |
Sgt Gus Farmer | Tail Gunner |
West Point photo of Lester White (Pilot)
Some photos/information provided by:
- Kelly O’Neil, granddaughter of Sgt. Oakley
- Daniel Bon
Some information and/or images sourced from the American Air Museum database