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Lead Crew - Mission #217
03 August 1944
Fresnoy/Crepieul, France
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B-17G #42-97311 Shoo Shoo Baby 427BS (GN-O)
41st CBW-B Lead - Pilot 1Lt Theodore R. Beiser / CoPilot 1Lt John E. Fletcher

(Back L-R) 1Lt John E. Fletcher (CP), 1Lt Theodore R. Beiser (P),
1Lt F. E. Umphress, Jr. (B), 1Lt Walter A. Curley (N)

(Front L-R) T/Sgt Benny J. Gorchesky (R), S/Sgt James W. Haines (Asst R/WG),
S/Sgt Charles W. Latta (BT), T/Sgt Lennie J. Buchanan (E), S/Sgt Carroll H. Brackey (TG)

[photo courtesy of Dick Johnson - identification by Mark Forlow]