Personnel Aircraft Nose Art B-17 Thunderbird Ground Support Uniforms Journals More Info Mission Reports Combat Crews Individual Photos Photos POW KIA MACR Overseas Graves TAPS LOYD D. GRIFFIN CREW - 360th BS (crew assigned 360BS: 09 Feb 1943 - photo: Topeka, KS, Oct 1942) (Back L-R) Lynwood D. "Lindy" Wiegand (TG), William M. "Bill" Eason (E), Samuel L. "Sam" Edwards (WG), Vernon E. "Gene" Schwartz (R), Louis W. "Louie" Rheaume (BT) (Front L-R) Loyd D. Griffin (P), Walter C. "Walt" Swanson (CP), Robert L. "Bob" Taylor (B), William M. "Bill" Preston (N) [photo courtesy of Robert L. Taylor]
LOYD D. GRIFFIN CREW - 360th BS B-17F 42-5434 Lady Luck (360BS) PU-J (photo taken 14 July 1943) (Back L-R) Samuel L. "Sam" Edwards (WG), Walter C. "Walt" Swanson (CP), Loyd D. Griffin (P), Lawrence E. Effinger (N), Robert L. "Bob" Taylor (B) (Front L-R) William M. "Bill" Eason (E), Paul E. Henderson (WG), Vernon E. "Gene" Schwartz (R), Lynwood D. "Lindy" Wiegand (TG), Robert "Bob" Plummer (BT) NOTE: Effinger was a fill-in for regular Navigator William M. "Bill" Preston [photo from the 303rdBGA Archives - identification by Robert L. Taylor]
LOYD D. GRIFFIN CREW - 360th BS (photo taken Mar/Apr 1943) B-17F Lady Luck aka Bob's Boudoir #42-5434 PU-J (Back L-R) S/Sgt Samuel L. "Sam" Edwards (WG), T/Sgt William M. "Bill" Eason (E), 1Lt William M. "Bill" Preston (N), Capt Loyd D. Griffin (P), 1Lt Walter C. "Walt" Swanson (CP), 1Lt Robert L. "Bob" Taylor (B) (Front L-R) S/Sgt Paul E. Henderson (WG), S/Sgt Robert "Bob" Plummer (BT), T/Sgt Vernon E. "Gene" Schwartz (R), S/Sgt Lynwood D. "Lindy" Wiegand (TG) [photo courtesy of by Robert L. Taylor] |