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

Simons/McCleary crew - 838th Squadron
Photo taken in Herington, Kansas
Back row L to R: Lt Doyle E. Simons (pilot), 2nd Lt Eugene McCoy (copilot), 2nd Lt Victor S. Kramer (navigator), 2nd Lt Joseph D. Perry (bombardier)
Front row L to R: S/Sgt Eugene McKee (gunner), Sgt Clemente Barboza (gunner), Sgt Harold E. Owens (flight engineer), Sgt Dale Knapp (gunner), Sgt Paul K. Churm (gunner)
Later this became the Lorin D. McCleary crew after arrival in Lavenham, when Lt. McCleary was assigned as First Pilot
(Photo provided by Janie Knapp and Lorin McCleary, identification of crew by Harold Owens)


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