"Lt. Bailey and crew of the 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group pose for the photographer at an 8th Air Force Base in England, 19 July 1944." Front L-R: 2Lt Stanley E Bailey, 2Lt Sumner M Alpert, 2Lt Leo H Butler, 2Lt William Fenning. Rear L-R: Unk, Sgt William B Plough, Unk, Unk, Unk.

A crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-C, serial number 42-38183) nicknamed "The Lost Angel" 525BS/379BG [FR-C] Kimbolton 10/2/44; then 524BS [WA-G] ; flak battle damaged, crash landed after bombing Magdeburg Germany 28/9/44. Flack came through the windshield and glass got into the eyes of Pilot: Stan Bailey, Co-pilot: Sumner Alpert flew the plane back with 2 engines out on one wing to Kimbolton, received the DFC, Navigator: Jim Rung, Bombardier: Bill Coles, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Plough, Radio Operator: Harry Gates, Ball turret gunner: John Ingram, Waist gunner: Frank Culfe (8 Returned to Duty);Tail gunner: Phil Maniaci (Prisoner of War); Missing Air Crew Report 9363; repaired & sal re-ass 482BG, then 384BG 1/6/45. THE LOST ANGEL.