A Bomber crew of the 466th Bomb Group with their B-24 Liberator. Handwritten on image: 'RG Gordon 279-55.' The crew went down over Belgium on 20 February 1945. The control cable on B-24H-20-FO #42-50336 "Pale Ale" had snapped. "Pale Ale" was one of the oldest a/c flying with the 466th BG at that time having served for 9 months exactly at the time of her loss Top Row Left to Right: 2nd Lt Henry Wynia, Bombardier 2nd Lt Jack D Campbell, Co-pilot 2nd Lt Robert G Gordon, Pilot 2nd Lt Ferdinand M Kjar, Navigator Bottom row, left to right Richard R Przybylski, Engineer Harvey H Stamper Jr, Upper Turret Gunner Harold H Hendrickson, Nose Gunner Aloysius W McCloskey, Gunner Sam Kessler, Radio Operator Barney B Fisher, Tail Gunner Gordon had left his seat to bail out, then noticed that Kjar and Hendrickson were still in the nose of the plane. He returned to the pilot's controls to try to gain control of the a/c for those two men to bail out. It was to no avail as the men were trapped by centrifugal forces. All three (Gordon, Kjar and Hendrickson were tragically KIA.