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

Murphy Crew of Murph's Motley Mob (B-24) - 837th Squadron
This crew also evidently served on Jane & Sharon Ann (B-17)
Standing (L to R): Cpl Joseph Salka (mechanic), T/Sgt Jack E. Kearns (flight engineer), 1st Lt Howard T Dries (navigator), Capt James M. Murphy (pilot), 1st Lt Edward A Astasouskas (co-Pilot), 1st Lt Thomas A. Wolf (bombardier), M/Sgt Leonard E. Foley (crew chief)
Kneeling (L to R): S/Sgt Robert W. Conner (armorer gunner), T/Sgt Charles J. Molosky (waist gunner), T/Sgt Warren J. Draves (tail gunner), T/Sgt Charles D. Thompson (radio operator)
(photo provided by Richard Draves, nephew of Warren Draves)


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