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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
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PIN UP GIRL |
B |
- |
24 |
H | - |
20 | - |
FO | 42-94941 | 8 | 489 | 844 | 4R | J | 00-1 |
JIM FETTERLY |
Port (Left) Side - Transferred from 489/844 (4R J) to 489/846
(8R +J) to 446/705 (HN M)
Lost 5 Apr 45, GER - MACR 13853 - Pilot Robert W. LaJoie
Contributor - Lt.
Col. Craig Rainey via Jim
Fetterly Jr (son of Jim Fetterly - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, kneeling far right)
Ferried to Wendover, UT for training with the 489th BG. She was then flown by the crew shown to Halesworth,
England via the southern route. Shortly after this photo was
taken, the plane was severely damaged over France and grounded
for repairs. The aircraft was repaired and was shot down over
Holland.
| Standing (L-R) Jim Rogers - Bombardier Louis Desantis - Ball Gunner Mike O'Brian - Co-Pilot Mike Pallotto (or Piloto) - Tail Gunner Herb Adels - Ground Crew Chief Robert Giacometti - Radio Operator |
Kneeling (L-R) Ed Morrison - Navigator Howard Wode - Waist Gunner Walt Laut - Waist Gunner George Mullett - Pilot Jim Fetterly - Engineer/Top Turret Gunner |
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