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Identifier
20154596
Description
Image shows the 13 members of the crew headed by Captain Bobbie J. Cavnar, 25, which was picked for the mission because it has twice won the 7th Bomb Group award for "best crew". Seated, left to right, are Staff Sergeant Paul R. Windham, mechanic-gunner; Master Sergeant W. H. Wedeking, flight engineer; Captain Cavnar; Staff Sergeant Robert R. McLeroy, radio operator; and Staff Sergeant William Chapman, tail gunner. Standing behind them are Sergeant Robert E. Bielinski, radar mechanic; Staff Sergeant William Shafer, gunner; Captain Ray F. Lemoine, pilot; Master Sergeant T. A. McCarthy, flight engineer; Staff Sergeant Clarence Harris, radio operator; First Lieutenant Tim Lane, radar navigator; First Lieutenant B. J. Thompson, second navigator; and First Lieutenant Francis J. Gstrein, first navigator. Other crew members, not shown, were Major Edwin D. Easley, pilot; Tech Sergeant Leon C. Phillips, gunner; First Lieutenant John W. McKim, flight engineer, Stagg Sergeant C. N. Tucker, gunner; and Captain Fred M. Mitchem, radar specialist. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition January 22, 1951.
Archival Date
1951-01-21
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2585
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Airmen
Names
Carswell Air Force Base (Fort Worth, Tex.); Cavnar, Bobbie J.; Windham, Paul R.; Wedeking, W. H.; McLeroy, Robert R.; Chapman, William; Bielinski, Robert E.; Shafer, William; Lemoine, Ray F.; McCarthy, T. A.; Harris, Clarence; Lane, Tim; Thompson, B. J.; Gstrein, Francis J.
Subjects
Airmen