Us Official Photographs

B-17 Flying Fortress in New Guinea

Capt. Marshall E. Nelson and crew of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, pose in front of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" at an airbase somewhere in New Guinea. Front row, left to right: Capt. Marshall E. Nelson of Fisher, Illinois, pilot 2nd Lt. Charles E. Smith of Pennington, Virginia, co-pilot 2nd Lt. Rush V. Greenslade, Tulsa, Oklahoma, navigator 2nd Lt. James L. Stringfield of Granite, Oklahoma, bombardier Back row, left to right: T/Sgt. Henry E. Williams of Whitesburg, Kentucky, engineer S/Sgt. John W. Overholser of Mt. Olive, Tennessee, gunner T/Sgt. James E. Narem of Anacostia, Washington, D.C., radio operator S/Sgt. Ernest W. Burnside of East Hickory, Pennsylvania, gunner S/Sgt. Anthony L. Cartwright of Needham, Massachusetts, gunner