Boeing B-17F, 42-30237

B-17F-95, s/n 42-30237, "Stump Jumper", 524th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group, England, 16 July 1943

 

Crew left to right

Standing

T/Sgt. Donald B Armstrong - right waist gunner

Joseph Theiss - pilot

Lt. James G. Edwards - navigator

Lt. Thomas D. Pfeifer - bombadier

2nd Lt. Julius "Red" W. Krafft - co-pilot

Kneeling

S/Sgt. Frank P. Frydryk - ball turret gunner

Sgt. George R. Hill - tail gunner

T/Sgt. Morrison T. Nolan - engineer

T/Sgt. Delbert William "Del" Klump - left waist gunner

Sgt. Hugh McKeegan - radio operator

 

This is early in the aircrafts life, which has only 6 missions under its belt

 

 

"Stump Jumper", still with 524th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group, England, 18 November 1943. I am unsure about the crew in this photo.

 

 

 

One of the crew members of "Stump Jumper" is loaded into a Dodge 3/4 ton WC-54 ambulance after being wounded on a mission, June 1944

 

This aircraft was eventually lost over Oldenberg, Germany on 1 January 1945