350th Bomb Squadron
S/Sgt Duane F. Rench Diary page 9. Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo Courtesy of Grandson Trevor Rench)

Duane F. Rench Diary page 9
S/Sgt Duane F. Rench Diary page 10. Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo Courtesy of Grandson Trevor Rench)

Duane F. Rench Diary Page 10
S/Sgt Duane F. Rench Diary page 11. Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo Courtesy of Grandson Trevor Rench)

Duane F. Rench Diary page 11
S/Sgt Duane F. Rench Diary page 12. Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo Courtesy of Grandson Trevor Rench)

Duane F. Rench Diary page 12
S/Sgt Duane F. Rench Diary page 13. Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo Courtesy of Grandson Trevor Rench)

Duane F. Rench Diary page 13
S/Sgt Duane F. Rench Diary page 14. Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo Courtesy of Grandson Trevor Rench). This is the last entry in the Diary, four days later on December 31, 1944, S/Sgt Rench was KIA in the famous Piggyback incident when Lt Glenn Rojohn and Lt MacNab's B-17's pancaked on each other. The planes did not explode as the usual outcome. Many of the Crew on Both Aircraft were able to bail out.

Duane F. Rench Diary Page 14
Photo of Flying Cadet Francis Seyfried, eventual Tail Gunner on Lt MacNab Crew. (Photo courtesy of http://www.piggybackflight.com/home.html )

Francis J. Seyfried
T/Sgt Orville E. Elkin was TTE on Glenn Rojohn's Crew. (photo courtesy of Piggyback Flight website)

Oville Elkin
Photo of Jerome Ferroggiaro in local newspaper showing awards. Courtesy of Rosie (Ferroggiaro) Horton

Jerome Ferroggiaro
Photo of Jerome Ferroggiaro in USAF. Courtesy of Rosie (Ferroggiaro) Horton

Jerome Ferroggiaro