418th Bomb Squadron
Charles "Crankshaft" Cruikshank (photo from the collection of Jim Potts)

Charles Cruikshank
Captain James R. Douglass, 418th Squadron (from the photo collection of John Luckadoo)

James Douglass
Edmund Forkner at the Radio Operator's desk (from the photo collection of John Luckadoo).

Edmund Forkner
Lt. Charles A. Via (from the photo collection of John Luckadoo. The caption noted that Via and Luckadoo were both classmates together during training at Moody Field, Georgia).

Charles Via
Everett Blakely (from the photo collection of John Luckadoo).

Everett Blakely
James Douglass receiving the Purple Heart, for wounds received during the October 8, 1943 mission to Bremen (from the photo collection of John Luckadoo).

James Douglass
S/SGT Tom J. Wich (photo courtesy of the Wich family).

Tom Wich
Newspaper articles on S/Sgt Tom Wich

Tom Wich
Caption reads: "The boys from Messie Bessie let off some excess steam after a mission" (From the photo collection of John Luckadoo).

Walter Moreno crew
Howard "Hambone" Hamilton, Bombardier, 418th Squadron (from the photo collection of Jim Potts).

Howard Hamilton