Pate Crew, Yankee Gal (43-37844) 324th BS, 91st BG BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: 1LT Lionel Marien, navigator; SGT Hatch, tail gunner, SGT Luby, waist gunner;1LT Earl C. Pate, Jr., pilot FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: SGT James D. Bishop, flight engineer/top turret gunner, SGT George Kelly, togglier; SGT Paul Staake, ball turret gunner; SGT Jacobs, radio operator; Mascot (name unknown) A veteran of more than 70 missions by war's end (including eleven as Group lead), 1LT Earl Pate's crew flew twelve missions of their tour in this ship including the last mission for the group on 25 April 1945 to Pilsen.