[Flight crew with Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft]

Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Lewis Paul Bowers (standing, far left), with a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa January 1944. The crew is identified in the verso inscription.

Inscription on verso: "Left to right standing: 1. Lt. L. P. Bowers, Navigator; 2. Lt. J. P. Hobstetter, 1st pilot; 3. F.O. T. Brooks, Co-pilot; 4. Lt. H. K. Walters, Bombardier. Left to right kneeling: 1 Cpl. F. Oswald, Tail gunner; 2. Sgt. H. M. Finch, Waist gunner; 3. Sgt. W. Tucker, Belly gunner; 4. SSgt. J. A. McDonald, Engineer; 5. Sgt. H. Lyons, Waist gunner; 6. SSgt. [I or J?] Schlom, Radio operation. [arrow indicating Scholm] Dropped out before overseas. Jan. 1944. Paul's crew, original."