Lt James A Verinis and crew of the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, in front of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Connecticut Yankee'. England, 27 May 1943. Verinis stands far left of shot, his dog and ships mascot 'Stuka' is is the front row, far left kneeling is T/Sgt Lawrence W Murray top turret and flight engineer. Flying her 38th mission on the 6-Sep-43 trip to Stuttgart, 'Connecticut Yankee' took substantial battle damage; 2nd Lt William Pegram was forced to make a "dead stick" crash landing at Winchelsea, his fuel exhausted. The whole crew suffered minor injuries, and the "Yankee" was subsequently salvaged. NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10618-62762AC.