Us Official Photographs

B-17 Flying Fortress in New Guinea

Capt. Charles H. Giddings, Jr., of Wichita Falls, Texas, and crew of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at a base somewhere in New Guinea. Front row, left to right: Capt. Giddings, pilot 1st Lt. Vernon H. Reeves of Elgin, Arizona, co-pilot 2nd Lt. Blaine McCord, Jr., of Oakland, California, navigator M/Sgt. Pete M. Vasalie of St. Paul, Minnesota, bombardier Back row, left to right: S/Sgt. Edward W. Driscoll of Galesburg, Illinois, engineer Cpl. Charles W. Bowles of Spring Valley, California, gunner S/Sgt. Virgil E. DeVoss of Danville, Illinois, radio operator S/Sgt. John J. Breen of Torrington, Connecticut, gunner T/Sgt. William R. Moore of Flagtown, New York, gunner