UPL 29868
IMAGECrew of "Tenovus" at Union Station, Boise, Idaho, 1943: standing, left to right - pilot 1st LT Lloyd Sharrard, Navigator 2nd LT James Kidder, co-pilot 2nd LT Charles Wolfe, Bombardier 2nd LT Donald Daniel, and tail turret S/Sgt George F. Johnson, Jr.; kneeling, left to right - ball turret S/Sgt Robert M. Buxton, Radio Operator T/Sgt LeRoy E. Dunster, right waist S/Sgt Samuel Parris, Flight Engineer/Top Turret T/Sgt John L. Heck, and unknown (he was dropped from the crew and replaced by left waist S/Sgt Anthony Yacoboni, before going overseas.)
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15336057
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Mechanic/Gunner/MOS757
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734317
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39613533
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31127606
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron 855th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11111337
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner, Tail Gunner; original crew of "Tenovus" 41-29132
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tenovus
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
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ContributorPeadee
Sources
photo courtesy of Pam Dvorsky, daughter of S/Sgt George F. Johnson, Jr.