Mission
Photos
March 1945
March
9: Rheine
At
right is "Ronnie", the pride of the 446th, dropping on marshalling
yards
March
15: Zossen
"I
Hope So" and others of the 446th in formation. The target: German General
Staff HQ.
March
22: Kitzingen
A
little bit of beauty during a war; vapor trails made by a formation on the
way to an airfield at Kitzingen, Germany
May 24:
Wessel
Only
the tail gunner survived the crash of "Queen of Angels" during a
low level supply drop.
Standing: F/O James Froula, not on this mission; 2/Lt Merlin Gaudet, co-pilot; 1/Lt Laurence Lofgren, pilot; 2/Lt George Sansky, not on this mission
Sitting: Sgt William Clifton, engineer/top turret gunner; Sgt Alan Keenen, tail gunner (survived crash); Sgt Kenneth Stalder, waist gunner; Sgt Thomas Davis, not on this mission; Sgt Robert Martinec, nose turret gunner; Sgt Melvin Soloman, radio operator
Not in this photo: 1/Lt Earle Cheek, waist gunner
The
pilot of "Queen of Angels", 1/Lt Laurence Lofgren, who was killed
on his 26th birthday
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