A bomber crew of the 93rd Bomb Group don their flight gear before a mission, flying a B-24 Liberator (41-23717) nicknamed "Exterminator". 3 April 1943. In the centre are pilot Hugh Roper and gunner Earl Lemoine. Image via BL Davies Image stamped on reverse: 'passed for publication 20 Apr 1943[stamp] . 'Return to P.I.D'[stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'ETO HD 43 2859 Moore 8 Apr 43. The martian appearance of these clothes give these combat flyers an even grimmer appearance. Climbing into high altitude uniforms are the crew of a Liberator just about to leave its station in England for another mission over enemy territory.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '2508/RF 93 BG air crew suiting for mission.'

41-23717, 'Exterminator' of 330th BS, 93rd BG, 8th AF. This plane and crew were flying as element lead when it collided with one of the other planes (121-J) in its element after entering a cloud bank over Bulgaria. Both planes went down in flames and crashed in the mountains MACR 334 Capt. Hugh R. Roper - Pilot (KIA) ~ Oak City, UT, 1st Lt. Walter T Stewart Capt. John B. White,Jr. - Navigator (KIA) ~ Hillsboro, IL 1st Lt. Ted Brannon - Bombardier (KIA) ~ Coatesville, PA, T/Sgt. Henry C. Lloyd,Jr. - Radio Operator (KIA) ~ Flint,MI T/Sgt Albert L Lee - Tail Gunner T/Sgt Joseph L Craighead - Waist Gunner Sgt. Earl P Lemoine - Gunner (KIA) ~ Moreauville, LA S/Sgt. William A. Defreese - Waist Gunner (KIA) ~ Anniston, AL, Walter Stewart was not on this plane when it crashed. He is my father's cousin (Col Robert W Stewart) Walter flew "Utah Man" during the raid and survived the war.

Page 47 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history. Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations). Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.