UPL 21045
IMAGEThe original Robert D. Summerville crew. In front, from left to right : Pilot 2nd Lt Robert Summerville; Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Jean D. Vogt; Navigator (unknown); Bombardier 2nd Lt. Ralph E. Eisenach, Standing, from left to right : Right Waist Gunner S/Sgt Sylvester J. Marshall: Radio Operator S/Sgt John H. McClanahan Jr; Ball Turret Gunner Sgt Frank La Rocca; Left Waist Gunner (unknown); Engineer / Top Turret Gunner Sgt Alfred I. Holt; Tail Gunner Sgt Thomas J. Harris. [Note : the Navigator on the fateful 14 June 1944 mission, 2nd Lt Abraham Wiseman, is not on the photo and had substituted for Lt Summerville's regular Navigator.]
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15084076
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819223
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Revisions
Corrected the identification of Sylvester Marshall. He is standing first on the left rather than fourth on the left.
Marshall was identified by his daughter Sylvia Marshall Durphey.