461st plaque

461st Bombardment Group (H)

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

Ahlberg - #42 Barcus - #123 Barnes - #53 Barnhart - #59 Bauman - #44 Baumann - #46 Bigelow - #54 Bontempo - #1/26 Boyd - #44R Bridges - #5/5 Brothers - #41 Chester - #9/1 Coates - #96- Coleman - #58- Conner - #4/7 Courtney - #50R Curtis - #152 DeSpain - #57-0 Donovan - #45 Dunn - #54-1 Edwards - #40 Ehrlich - #45R Falkner - #8/29 Farnham - #42R Fawcett - #50 Fernsten - #49R Fink - #9/22 Friedersdorf - #8/28 Garner - #50-1 Guyton - #10/8 Hall - #6232 Hatem - #4/16-9 Hesser - #56 Holmes - #47 Hooper - #12/12 Hoskins - #124 Hutchison - #102 Jehli - #42-1 Kassian - #57R1 Kuhlman - 52R LaRock - #1/30 Ledendecker - #4/6 MacDougall - #41 Mahlum - #1/6 Malvin McKee - #154 Merkouris - #49-7 Miller - #10/23 Misius - #56R Moses - #7/25-1 Mowery - #49 Nixon - #42 O'Neal - #10/31 Pearce - #55R Philips - #8/22 Ray - #58-0 Ridenour - #3/3 Roberts - #52R Robertson - #48 Seeman - #43 Settle - #55 Shaw - #43-1 Sidovar - #10/16-1 Simon - #53 Sobieski - #8/22 Sterret - #7/12 Tebbens - #3/12 Thomas - #46R Townsley - #58-2 Trier - #55-1 Vahldieck - #1/30 Vanderhoeven - #50-1 Ward - #53-2 Webb - #6781 Webb - #8/28 Wiemann - #6413 Wilson - #44-1 Wilson - #52 Wood - #51 Wren - #7/23 Wright - #52-1 Yetter - #56R Zive - #59-0

Pogorzelski Photo Album

Dan Pogorzelski, son of Daniel Pogorzelski, found an album of photo his father had.  Here are a few of those photos.

Daniel Pogorzelski
Daniel Pogorzelski
   
B-24s Boise Idaho
B-24s parked on the line in Boise, Idaho.
Dan's training ship
B-24 in which Daniel and crew trained.
Formation training
Several planes preparing for a formation training flight.
Lamb
William G. Lamb, Jr. climbing into the ball turret.
Kavanaugh
Howard W. Kavanaugh (G) on top of ship next to the top turret.
 
McGara & Kavanaugh
Lt. Donald R. McGara (B) attempting to climb a propellar assisted by Sgt. Howard W. Kavanaugh.
Sterrett & Thompson
Robert E. Sterrett (P) and Robert K. Thompson (CP) in the cockpit of a B-24.
Pogorzelski
Daniel Pogorzelski with a 100-lb bomb.  Notice the oil stain on his pants - he just finished fixing an oil leak in engine #3.
Thompson, Reeve, McGara
Robert K. Thompson (CP), Harold I. Reeve (TG), Donald R. McGara (B) and Robert Conrad (G).
Sterrett, Thompson & Barnhart
Robert E. Sterrett (P), Robert K. Thompson (CP) and Kenneth E. Barnhart, Jr. (N) resting during training.
Sterrett, Thompson & Barnhart
Robert E. Sterrett (P), Robert K. Thompson (CP) and Kenneth E. Barnhart, Jr. (N) resting during training.
Lamb & Thompson
William G. Lamb, Jr. (EG) and Robert K. Thompson (CP) examine the right landing gear.
Sterrett
Robert E. Sterrett (P) at Gunnery School in Fort Myers
McGara
Lt. Donald R. McGara (B) firing .50 cal machine gun.
Dan at Gunnery School
Daniel Pogorzelski at Gunnery School in Fort Myers
Gowen Field
Gowen Field, Idaho
Gowen Field
Gowen Field, Idaho
Wreckage
Wreckage of ship 42-52436.