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457th Bomber Crews
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Photo of "Dean" Crew donated by Peggy Racine, daughter-in-law of co-pilot Emile E. Racine.

John White crew (Top photo: Front row: Dick Seely, Tail gunner, Al Williams, waist gunner, Leonard Johnson, waist gunner, Joe Geller, ball turret, Howard Wilcox, flight engineer. Back row: Jerry Whitman, radio operator, John White, pilot , Hillary Smalling, co-pilot, Leon Zimmerman, Bombardier, Jack Landsman, Navigator)Bottom photo: John White, Pilot, Hillary Smalling, Jack Landsman, Navigator, Leon Zimmerman, Bombardier. Crew # 439 457th Bomb Group 751st Squadron, Taken September 5, 1944

The Lt. Joseph "Jim" Neff Crew: Back Row - left to right: S/Sgt. Homer O. Reich (Alternate Crew Gunner); S/Sgt. George R. Coughlin (Ball Turret); S/Sgt. Virgil Ekstrand (Waist Gunner); Lt. Claude H. Hubbard (Co-Pilot); S/Sgt. Fredrick C. Cope (Tail Gunner); T/Sgt. William J. Gassen (Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner); Front Row - left to right: T/Sgt. Joseph F. Carney (Radio Operator); S/Sgt. Berton Rosenberg (Chin Turret Gunner); Lt. Cecil E. Lohn (Navigator); Lt. Joseph James Neff (Pilot). (S/Sgt. Homer O. Reich was a Waist Gunner listed w/457th Bomb Group, 749th Squadron and also flew with the Lt. Dale J. Jeffers Crew) (Researched by Alan Morton)

Officers from Salo crew (courtesy Bob Benos)

B-17 crewmen on wing; Nick Benos is 3rd from right; lowest is Gaspar Casciano (courtesy Bob Benos)

Nick Benos, ball turret gunner (courtesy Bob Benos)

Crewmen of Salo crew; Nick Benos is middle, bottom row (courtesy Bob Benos)

Crewmen of Salo crew; Nick Benos is third from left (courtesy Bob Benos)

Nick Benos in cold weather gear (courtesy Bob Benos)

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(Courtesy Bob Benos)

Crew of "That's my Baby" (Courtesy Bob Benos)

(Courtesy Bob Benos)

Ground crewmen of Salo crew (Courtesy Bob Benos)

Nick Benos(Courtesy Bob Benos)

Salo crewman, possibly Sol Bachos (Courtesy Bob Benos)

Salo crew; Nick Benos is top row, first from left(Courtesy Bob Benos)

Salo crewman, unidentified (Courtesy Bob Benos)

Salo crew; Nick Benos is bottom right; Gaspar Casciano is bottom left (Courtesy Bob Benos)

Salo crew; Nick Benos (Courtesy Bob Benos)
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