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Last First MI Class  BS BG Data
Ice, Jr. Robert L VV 43-01   99  
Inglis
2LT
O-6819??		 Stanley B CL 43-08 535 381 From IL.  POW on 22 Feb 1944 in Luft Stalag 1.

Bombardier instructor at Childress, TX in 1943.

Class photo.

Source: 1943 Childress Yearbook
Irons
2LT		 Benjamin G MI 43-02 423 306 Shot down by fighters on 28 July 1943 on mission to Kassel, GER on plane Peck's Bad Boys.  Pilot was 2LT Stephen W. Peck and copilot 1LT John A. Bartlett, Jr.  For more data see page 145 in the book, First Over Germany by Russell A. Strong.
Isaac Arthur nmi MI 43-01   306 Ditched on 26 July 1943 when returning from mission to Hannover, GER.  For more data see page 145 in the book, First Over Germany by Russell A. Strong.

Crew list:
P: A. H. Maresh
CP: 2LT Robert J. Hoyt
N: James F. Brown
RO: S/S Gordon F. Lewis
TTE: S/S John T. Ross
BT: Sgt Maurice Steinhart
WG: Sgt Theodore A. Harkin
WG: Landen E. Voight
TG: T/S Reaford G. Watkins
Israelson
2LT		 Elmer P VV 43-02 358 303 B -17 #42-31669 VK J  Shoo Shoo Baby
MACR # 4270 - Interned Switzerland 4/24/44
9 Interned -  1 Evadee

Crew list:
P: 2LT Raymond Hoffman
CP: LT Robert Snyder
N: LT Samuel Minnowitz
B: 2LT Elmer Israelson -  EVADED
TTE: Sgt. William Blakeny
RO: Sgt. Seymour Berman
BT: Sgt. Ollie Crenshaw
LW: Sgt. Tracy Lawson
RW: Sgt. John Barr
TG: Sgt. Thomas Hickey

Crew photo and details.

Source: http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/fb.asp?m=110853

Ivey Thomas nmi VV 43-15 338 96 Crew photo:

L to R (Top):  Totaro, Lemay, Thurston, Alonzo, Levine, Marabella

L to R (Bottom):  Hatcher, Lunsford, Croul, Ivey

Crew list:
P: Capt Ormand D. Hatcher
CP: 2LT Clyde W. Lunsford
N: 2LT John V. Croul (still living)
GNR:S/S Louis H. Totaro
RO: S/S Merton C. Thurston (still living)
GNR: S/S Walter Levine
GNR: Sgt Raymond E. Lemay
GNR: Sgt Roy Marabella
TG: Sgt Joe S. Alonzo (Miriam's father)
 

Source: Miriam: a.korn@netzero.com