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Photos for Crews: 828th Squadron
Photos for Crews: 829th Squadron Photos for Crews: 830th Squadron Photos of Crews: 831st Squadron Smith crew-829th Sqdn-Replacement crew Front Row, Left to Right: Allen Carlson, navigator; Wayne Smith, pilot; Harvey Hansen, copilot, and Russell Arthur, bombardier. Back Row, Left to Right: Robert Blount, tail gunner; Charles Edmonds, radio operator; John Hronetz, waist gunner; Harold Sanford, nose gunner; Kenneth Ruhf, ball gunner and Elmer Shaver, flight engineer/top turret. This crew arrived in Venosa in October 1944. The entire crew survived the war.
Stewart crew-829th Sqdn-Replacement crew Front Row, Left to Right: Richard Heim, tailgunner; Powell Robinson, ballgunner; George Schiazza, nose gunner; Joe Sediak, top gunner; Claude Martin, radio operator, and John Elmore, flight engineer. Back Row, Left to Right: Harry Carter, bombardier, William Craven Jr, navigator; James Michalaros, copilot, and Charles Stewart, pilot. This crew arrived in Italy in October 1944. On November 17,1944 they went down in Yugoslavia while returning from Blechhammer. Michalaros was replaced on this mission by Richard Boehme, who was an instructor pilot, checking out the crew. Craven wasn’t on this mission either. The entire 9-man crew evaded capture, assisted by the Partisans and returned safely to Italy. Michalaros was later killed on March 2, 1945 in a mid-air crash over Austria.
Stockdale crew-829th Sqdn-Replacement crew Front Row, Left to Right: George Sampson, bombardier; Carl Stockdale pilot; Arnold Mick, copilot and William T. Miller, navigator. Back Row, Left to Right: Earl Beatty,top turret; Milton Wolfson, flight engineer/waist gunner; Theo Molek, radio operator/waist gunner; John Flynn, tail gunner; Frank Grippo, nose gunner and Jesse Hall, ball gunner. This crew arrived in Italy in November 1944. On 2/16/45 Stockdale's plane collided with Colonel Tomhave's plane over Chiusaforte, Italy, after Tomhave's plane was hit by flak, while returning from Regensburg, Germany. Wolfson, Flynn, Grippo and Hall were killed and the rest of the crew survived as POWs.
Thorne crew-829th Sqdn-Replacement crew Front Row, Left to Right: Walter Becker, bombardier; John Thorne, pilot, and George Pasch, copilot. Back Row, Left to Right: Summer Wolfe, top turret; Glevis Egger, ball gunner; Nicholas DiRienzo, radio operator; John Nelson, nose gunner; Harold Burns, flight engineer, and James Gray, tail gunner. Missing from the photo is the navigator, Glenn Andrews. This crew arrived in Italy in July 1944. Their assigned plane was MIS-TIT. The crew finished their missions in November 1944.
Turner crew-829th Sqdn-Replacement crew The individual crew members have not been identified on this photo, but the members of the crew are listed as follows: Charles Albright, navigator; Francis Hetu, copilot; Francis Holmes, radio operator; Billy Joyner, gunner; Paul Smith, flight engineer; John Sopper, gunner; Edward Szymanski, gunner; Earl Thomas, gunner, and Charles Turner, pilot. This crew arrived in Italy in October 1944. Nothing further is known about the crew, but it is believed that they all survived the war.
Tyer crew-829th Sqdn-Original crew #37 Front Row, Left to Right: Ivan Tyer, pilot; Milton Hirsch, navigator; Seymour Segan, bombardier, and Richard Jordan, copilot. Back Row, Left to Right: Webster Burrows, tail gunner; Clayton Peterson, flight engineer; Peter Buchanauer, nosegunner; Robert Anderson, top gunner; James Scott, radio operator and Horace O’Conner, ball gunner. This crew was shot down by fighters on the June 28, 1944 mission to Bucharest, Romania. Only Scott, Segan and Hirsch survived, becoming POWs in Romania. The crew was flying Nudist Kay when they were shot down, but their assigned plane was Tyer’s flyer, 42-78127G.
White crew-829th Sqdn-Original crew #22 Front Row, Left to Right: John Norris, bombardier; Hugh White, pilot; Charles Duecker, copilot, and Charles Field, navigator. Back Row, Left to Right: Benjamin Thigpen, nose gunner; Ben Thompson, radio operator/waist gunner; Gilbert Lish, ball gunner; John Hawk, tail gunner; James Gillett, engineer/waist gunner, and Lawrence Silver, top gunner. On June 9, 1944 this crew was shot down on the Munich mission, while trying to make it to Switzerland in their damaged plane. Duecker got his own crew before going overseas. Duecker was replaced by James Barnett, who also obtained his own crew. On the June 9th mission, the copilot was replaced by Lynn Tipson and David Roth replaced Norris. The entire crew made it out of the plane safely and became POWs.
Whiteman crew-829th Sqdn-Original crew #30 Front Row, Left to Right: Roy Anderson, radio operator; Raymond Lozon, flight engineer; Edward Meyer, ball gunner, and Harold Sumrell, bombardier. Back Row, Left to Right: Charles Musso, waist gunner; Charles Mincher, copilot; Don Whiteman, pilot; Robert Nugent, tail gunner, and Virgil Painter, nose gunner. Walter Lober, the navigator, hadn’t yet been assigned to the crew when this photo was taken. This crew’s assigned aircraft was Our Baby. Most of this crew finished their missions at the end of August 1944. Meyer received a minor flak wound on the May 22, 1944 mission to Valmontone. Mincher became a first pilot and had his own crew. This entire crew survived the war. Mincher’s last mission was the mission to Salonika on September 24, 1944.
Wodzinski crew-829th Sqdn-Original crew #39 Front Row, Left to Right: Jose Machado, mechanic; Ebe Reynolds, crew chief, and Ralph Johnson, mechanic. Middle Row, Left to Right: James Scott, navigator; Frank Wodzinski, pilot; David Roth, bombardier, and William Pullen, copilot. Back Row, Left to Right: Leslie Dorow, flight engineer; John Handler, radio operator; Mike Copenhaver, gunner; Richard Walker, gunner; George Yulich, gunner, and Espy Spencer, gunner. Roth was shot down while flying with Hugh White’s crew on the June 9, 1944 mission to Munich. He survived the war as a POW. The remainder of the crew was shot down on the July 30, 1944 mission to Budapest, hit by flak over the target. Only Spencer and Yulich survived the war, becoming POWs. They were in their assigned plane when they were shot down, 42-78164G, Yellow U.
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