Us Official Photographs
Hellsbells at Wards Drome
C-47 transport plane, "Hellsbells" and its crew from 6th Troop Carrier Sq., 5th Air Force, Wards Drome, Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. Left to right: Capt. Wm. D. Wells, Ovid, N.Y., pilot; Lt. George M. Pearce, Alexandria, La. co-pilot; T/Sgt. Ward C. Isle, Virginia, Minn. engr; S/Sgt. Billy E. Manger, San Antonio, Tex., engr; S/Sgt. Jasper F. Neal, Bluefield, Va., radio operator; Pfc. Frank Penksa, Carbondale, Pa., ass't radio operator. April 1943.