Photo Gallery
McCook, Nebraska Army Air Base 1944
Courtesy of Gerry Kersey
Bombing of Ferrara, Italy by Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the Fifteenth Air Force on June 5, 1944. Smoking target on the ground below.
Courtesy of Gerry Kersey
Bombing of Ferrara, Italy by Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the Fifteenth Air Force on June 5, 1944. Smoking target on the ground below. Closest aircraft is "Memories".
Courtesy of William Kolar
1st Lt. Richard E. Tout (P) 2nd
Lt. Paul Frankhart, 2nd Lt. Wayne Oley, 2nd Lt.
Arthur Brenner, Cpl. Arthur Bernzott, Cpl. John Stewart, Cpl. Joseph
Lemieux, Cpl. Chestley Armstrong, Cpl. Arthur Goldberg & Cpl. Joseph
Grahovec (Uncle Joe). Their aircraft crashed after take off at
Pantanella Army Air Base on September 1, 1944. All aboard were
KIA. Photo was taken at Charleston, SC prior to their departure
for overseas. 782nd Bomb Squadron, 465th
Bomb Group (H), Fifteenth Air Force.
"Uncle Joe" is located in the front row, second crewmember in from the
left. He was the eldest of (I believe) a total of 14 kids.
We've learned over the years that Joe initially enlisted in the Army and
was assigned to a Tank Destroyer Unit (Fort Knox, KY). Later, a
relative suggested reclassifying into a more saleable skill to use after
the war. The aircraft accident: After taking off with a full
bomb load, the B-24J went into a stall while it caught up with the
formation, recovered briefly, then experienced a secondary stall and
lost power. On it's descent to the ground, the aircraft clipped a
tree with one of it's wings and crashed. There was no fire or
explosion.
Courtesy of David Caldwell
RL Caldwell after having crashed and then rescued by either Russions or Partisans somewhere in Hungary.
Courtesy of Thomas Tennille
Col. Burt Andrus, CO of the 783rd Squadron
Courtesy of Thomas Tennille
Operations Officers - Lt. Arthur C. Tennille (center, front); Capt. Burt Andrus (center, back), CO 783rd Squadron; Lt. Joseph B. Mongomery (left, back), Squadron Navigator
Courtesy of Thomas Tennille
McCook Field - Squadron Party - Lt. Arthur C. Tennille (center between muscians with his wife next to him.
Winter and early spring at Pantanella - notice the mud. The building is the group theatre on the left and the PX on the right. The sign over the door on the right reads, "465th Group Exchange". The top sign over the door of the left building reads, "Theatre". Under that another sign reads "Stable House".