
447th Bomb Group Association

Skinner crew,
709th
Rattlesden, undated
Original Crew, Nov. 1943
Standing L-R:
Sgt Alanson C. Restle
Sgt
Ralph Werner
Lt Donald G. Johnson
Lt Ernest H. Skinner
Lt Robert
L. Kelley
Lt Elwyn Warfle
Kneeling L-R:
Sgt Charles H.
Kent
Sgt Richard L. Lasher
Sgt James E. Littleton
Sgt Frank J.
Mace
Gerald Stanley crew
March or April, 1945
Standing (l-r)
S/Sgt Ray Brown
T/Sgt Bob Nepras
S/Sgt John Neill
T/Sgt Ray Wageman
T/Sgt Steve Rundquist
Kneeling (l-r)
Lt. Herb Ragsdale
Lt. Carl Meeks
Lt. Carl Turner
Lt. Gerald Stanley

Stevenson crew,
711th
Rattlesden, undated
Assigned SO72, 17 Apr 1944
Standing L-R:
T/Sgt Kenneth L.
Ramey
S/Sgt Albert A. Acuna
T/Sgt Lorn B. Heeb
S/Sgt Russell T.
Hatchett
S/Sgt Jack D. Keller
S/Sgt William Levitisky
Kneeling
L-R:
Lt Abel W. Dahlgrahn
Lt Robert C. Stevenson
Lt Erwin
A. Smith
Lt Gordon T. Todd

Thornbury crew,
710th
Location unknown, undated
Assigned SO67, 27 Mar
1944
Standing L-R:
Sgt Stanley
Saviski
Sgt Lloyd Roach
S/Sgt Harry Smith
Sgt Harold Kiehn,
RWG;
S/Sgt George Stratos
Sgt Dante Rich
Front
L-R:
Lt George Filush
Lt. Joseph Thornbury
F/O Albert E.
Cowey
Lt. Dominick Padula

Tietjen crew,
708th
Rattlesden, undated
Assigned Sept. 1944
Standing L-R:
Capt Richard Tietjen
Capt
Leonard Holloway
Lt Al Rosenfeld
Lt John Mayes
Kneeling
L-R:
T/Sgt Arthur Holt
T/Sgt James Foster
S/Sgt Henry
Corrow
S/Sgt Robert Birt
S/Sgt Raymond Choquette

Tigh crew, 709th
Harvard AAB,
November 1943
(As assigned Nov 8, 1943)
Lt William
Tigh
Lt Randall L. Farris
Lt Max Mandel
Lt Gerald A.
Dannewitz
S/Sgt John W.D. Watkins
Sgt Billy I. Fenton
S/Sgt
Harvey O. Brown
Sgt Richard H. Ringer
S/Sgt Joseph F.
McDermott
Sgt Joseph Denizetti

Walsh crew, 709th
Rattlesden,
undated
(As assigned Apr 19, 1944)
Lt William J.
Walsh
Lt Lyman H. Whitney
Lt Vance E. Heavillin
Lt Samuel F.
Esposito
Sgt John E. Wheeler
Sgt Robert C. Hardmayer
Sgt
Glenn C. Holen
Sgt David L. Chapman
Sgt Joseph C. Scully
Sgt
Austen V. Minks

Weeks crew, 709th
Back Row: 1st Lt. Arthur F. Weeks, Pilot ( Flint,MI); 2nd Lt. Arthur H. Perkins Co-Pilot (Calumet City, IL); 2nd Lt. Ralph A. Shauer Nav (West Allis, WI); 1st Lt. Walter G. Shelest Bmbdr (Chicago, IL); Front Row: S/Sgt Chester E. Vermaas AEG (Cambridge, NE); Sgt Robert H. Madsen TG (Belgrade, MN); Sgt William T. Kearney ROG (Henderson, NC); Sgt Harold L. Taber BTG (Oroville, CA); Sgt Gail S. Kunz WG (Cleveland, OH)

Weigerink crew,
708th
Rattlesden, undated
Assigned SO121, 22 May 1944
Standing L-R:
Capt Lloyd T.
Wiegerink
1st Lt William L. Archer
1st Lt Joseph Nidich
(Radar)
1st Lt Arthur M George
1st Lt Walter L.
Haight
Kneeling L-R:
T/Sgt John L. Murphy
S/Sgt
Preston F. Laton
S/Sgt Andrew F D' Amico
S/Sgt Joseph F.
Scher
T/Sgt John V. Pesarczyk

Westrope crew, 708th
Unknown
US location, May 1944
Assigned SO154, 26 Jun 1944
Lt. Robert J. Westrope
Lt. W. M.
Callahan
Lt. Harold A. Motz
Lt. W. J.
Lawrence
Sgt. H.M. Wood
Sgt. E. E. Wells
Sgt.
O. Flores
Cpl. O. H. Moreland
Sgt. T.
Diamond
Cpl. J. A. Pfieffer

Stanley White crew,
710th
Rattlesden, December 1944
Assigned SO297, 14 Dec
1944
Standing, L-R:
T/Sgt. Cliff
Conine
T/Sgt. Fred Bubeck
S/Sgt. Donald Olsen
S/Sgt. Gabriel
Gratkowski
S/Sgt. Irvin Crone
Kneeling, L-R:
Lt. Stanley
White
Lt. Alan Kronschnabel
Lt. Russell Davis
T/Sgt. Ronnal
Tobey

Widstrom crew,
708th
Rattlesden, undated
Original crew, Nov. 1943
Lt Roy G. Widstom
Lt Joseph W.
Woolsley
Lt Andrew Porter
Lt Albert H. Halpern
Sgt Roy E.
Williams
Sgt Rudolph Polumbo
Sgt Bernard J. McDonald
Sgt
Robert E. Johnson AROG
Sgt Clarence Brown AG
Sgt William J.
McQuoid

Wing crew, 708th
Rattlesden,
undated
(As assigned Sep 25, 1944)
Lt Roy A.
Wing
F/O Wilbur T. Norring
Lt Warren C. Capron
Lt Earl L.
Poole
Cpl Lawrence K. Bonk
Cpl Maurice E. Hagler
Cpl Norris
Rosen
Cpl Leigh W. Fuller
Sgt Norbert L. Petris
Sgt Norbert
Wipijewski

George Wolf crew,
711th
Ardmore AAB, October 1944
Assigned SO288, 3 Dec
1944
Standing L-R
Lt George P. Wolf
Lt Stan S.
Gearon
Lt James G. Parks
Lt Richard Flood (not assigned to
447th)
Kneeling L-R:
Cpl Conway Spencer
Cpl Earl
Stutts
Cpl Gustav L. Backstrom
Cpl Lionel O.
Birkland
Cpl Anthony S. Zozulak
Cpl Alfred E.
Domoracki

Yatsko crew,
711th
Rattlesden, March 1945
(As assigned Mar 20, 1945)
Lt Edward A.
Yatsko
F/O Karl B. Armbrust
F/O Vernon B. Neff
Sgt William H.
Cochran
Cpl Dean L. Benser
Cpl John Francis
Cpl Gordon H.
Hartfil
Cpl William F. Lindsey
Cpl Maurice L.
Hardin