Photo Gallery

Dave Gansz provided this photo of the cockpit from the Accident Report 42-30061 Gulfport AAF ( P-V1 ) Training Accident 30 May 1945

The Enlisted Crew of Lt William Bass. Sgt Lawrence Doucet is Standing front row far left. Rest are unidentified. (Photo courtesy of Deadra Doucet Bourke)

Christmas Card 1945 from Lawrence Doucet back home. (photo Courtesy of Deadra Doucet Bourke)

Mau, Robert William Student Officer: Corporal at Douglas, in Squadron C, and Snow White and Walt Huffmann were his Instructors. He had Basic at Cochran Field, Macon and graduated at Moody Field, Valdosta, GA, S/N: O-818291, and went to the 3rd A.F., 88th Bomb Group at Avon Park, Fla. to learn B-17’s. He was assigned to the 418th Bomber Sqdn, 100th Bomb Group based in Thorpe Abbot, England. He flew 34 missions over France, Germany, and other countries. He returned to the states and instructed in instrument flying. He was discharged in July 1945.

Primary Flight Training

Capt Harold Bayley Crew at Thorpe Abbotts next to 48127 a PFF transferred from 390th to 100th BG in May 1945.

Members of Capt Harold Bayley crew next to 48127 as it is being refueled (100th BG Photo Archives)

48481 LD-D in the Air on Training mission after hostilities (100th BG Photo Archives)

48481 on training mission (100th BG Photo Archives)