487th Bomb Group (H)
Station 137 - Lavenham, Suffolk, UK
22-Sep-43 to 7-Nov-45

McCarty Crew of "Red Growler" - 838th Squadron (likely taken in Herington, Kansas)
Standing left to right: F/O Raymond G. Spoerl (navigator), unknown, 2nd Lt Walter W. McCarty (pilot), 2nd Lt Willard J. George (bombardier), F/O Richard S. Atkins (co-pilot)
Kneeling left to right: Sgt Robert L. Williams (gunner), S/Sgt Keith E. Coles (gunner), Sgt Fred C. Sweeney (radio operator), Sgt Julian W Messerly (gunner), Sgt Thomas W Craig (flight engineer)
(photo provided by Cindy Neal, daughter of Thomas Craig)


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