[Flight crew with Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft]

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Title

[Flight crew with Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft]

Description

Photographic group portrait of a U.S. Army Air Forces flight crew, including Lewis Paul Bowers, posing with the tail gun of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, circa 1944. The crew is partially identified in the verso inscription, though many of the names have been cut off.

Inscription on verso: "Mac. [likely McDonald or MacDonald] - Engineer. Me [Lewis Paul Bowers] - Navigator. Hob [likely Hobstetter] - Pilot. Ted - Co-pilot. Harry [likely Harry Walters] - Bombardier. [cut off]rner – Tailgunner. [cut off]opee - Asst. Radio Ope[rator]. Marcoux - Radio oper. [cut off]inch [likely Finch] - Top Turret. [cut off, possibly Tucker] - Nose gunner. 44"

Date

1944 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The Lewis Paul Bowers World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

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