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Ben L. Connelly, Pilot
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BEN L. CONNELLY CREW - 360th BS
B-17G Miss Umbriago #42-97187 360BS (PU-I)
(crew assigned 360BS: 15 July 1944)

(Back) 2Lt Ben L. Connelly (P), 2Lt Frederick L. House (CP)(1),
2Lt Albert Levin (N), 2Lt David R. Shelley (B)

(Front) S/Sgt John A. Coyne (E)(2), S/Sgt Dale E. Schneider (R),
Sgt Ralph V. Evans (BT), Sgt Carl L. Koppes (WG),
Sgt Leonard F. Maxey, Jr. (WG)(far left)(3), Sgt Robert D. Bur (TG)

crewmen are not in order

  1. Frederick L. House (CP) - Flew as Tail Gunner Observer on mission #248, 28 Sept 1944 to Magdeburg, Germany with the 1Lt B.C. Fontana Lead Crew

  2. S/Sgt John A. Coyne (E) - Replaced as Engineer following mission #230 18 August 1944. New Engineer with mission #237, 8 September 1944, was T/Sgt Bethel A. Cole from the 1Lt Willard Hobbs Crew

  3. Sgt Leonard F. Maxey, Jr. (WG) - Deleted from crew before combat missions began when crews were reduced from ten to nine men

[photo courtesy of Bill Jones]
[Researched by 303rdBGA Historian Harry D. Gobrecht]