461st plaque

461st Bombardment Group (H)

764th Crews 765th Crews 766th Crews 767th Crews

 Alexander - #11-2  Arnholt - #155  Baird - #3-1  Baker - #84-0  Batenic - #3-3  Bean - #3  Beson - #86R  Blanchard - #2  Bloxom - #4887  Bock - #10-1  Boozer - #17-1  Britton - #2  Brown - #18R  Brown - #  Burton - #8  Carlisle - #5-  Clay - #88R  Crumbo - #151  Dughi - #6-1  Emmert - #5628  Freeman - #1  Fuller - #05  Garrett - #16-2 (152)  Gilbert - #2R-2  Gilley - #4/16  Hefling - #09  Herrin - #17-1  Inskeep - #85R  Johnson - #4/7  Kollenborn - #4  Kursel - #6-1  Lalewicz - #85  Lightbody - #97R  Lively - #18/99  Longino - #116  Lucas - #5  McGoey - #8R  Miller - #1-1  Mitchell - #12  Nahkunst - #13-2  Oliver - #15-1  Olson - #4/16-6  Parsonson - #14-3  Petty - #1/6  Powell - #4-2  Rathfelder - #16-3  Rosenberg - #4887  Ross - #115R  Russell - #19-0  Rutter - #7/3  Ryder - #17  Sargent - #98R  Saur - #17-2  Sayre - #13  Schultz - #3-1  Skalomenos - #136  Sklansky - #9-1  Smith - #3-2  Souther - #12-1  Spehalski - #87R-2  Spencer - #5-1  Steele - #16  Stephens - #14  Stevens - #1  Stevens - #4-3  Stitch - #4983  Taylor - #10/31  Tetzlaff - #129  Tiffany - #2-1  Toothman - #13-3  Trenner - #18  Turner - #14-2  Underwood - #7-1  Veiluva - #07  Vilesis - #100R  Wallace - #11  Wastman - #10  Weber - #19-2  Weir - #06  Wilson - #15  Wyllie - #11-1  Young - #15

Britton - #2

Crew #2 

Crew #2

Missions flown - April 2, 1944 - July 25, 1944

764th Squadron 461st Bomb Group (H)

Cerignola, Italy

Status of crewmembers as of September 2000

Standing L-R: Lt. Armante D'Amante - Bombardier - Deceased 1994, Concord, NH; Sgt. Robert Jankovsky - Tail Gunner - Deceased 1960, Port Hueneme, CA; Sgt. Yancey Fulcher - Top Turret Gunner - Killed in Action, Linz Austria; Sgt. J. Hagan - Radio Operator/Waist Gunner - Killed in Action, Linz Austria

Kneeling L-R: Sgt. Andrew Franklin - Ball Turret Gunner - Deceased 1976, Dozier, AL; Sgt. Ken Kendle - Nose Turret Gunner - Living, Dover, OH; Sgt. Will Gibson - Waist Gunner - Deceased 1994, Wilmington, OH; Lt. Ralph L. Merrow - Co-Pilot - Living, Sky Valley, GA; Lt. Lynn Britton - Pilot - Deceased 1986, Springfield, IL; Lt. Abe Levine - Navigator - Unknown, Brooklyn, NY

Picture taken in May 1944

Crew #2 

Crew #2

764th Squadron 461st Bomb Group

Cerignola, Italy

Status of crewmembers as of September 2000

Sitting L-R: Lt. Lynn Britton - Pilot - Deceased 1986, Springfield, IL; Ralph L. Merrow - Co-Pilot - Living, Sky Valley, GA; Lt. Abe Levine - Navigator - Unknown, Brooklyn, NY

Sitting Bottom: Lt. Armante D'Amante - Bombardier - Deceased 1994, Concord, NH

D'Amante 

Lt. Armante D'Amante of Concord, NH

Fertile Myrtle crew 

Front Row L-R: Lt. A. D’Amante (B); Lt. A. Levine (N); Lt. L. L. Britton (P); S/Sgt. A. D. Franklin (2nd E/BTG); Lt. R. L. Merrow (CP)

Back Row L-R: S/Sgt. W. Gibson (3rd E/RWG); S/Sgt. R. Jankovsky (TG); S/Sgt. R. Kendle (NG); T/Sgt. J. Hagen (RO/LWG); T/Sgt. Y. Fulcher (1st E/TTG)