Lt. Clifton Freeman's crew. Back row, left to right: S/Sgt Kenneth Grothouse, bombardier;, Lt. Clifton Freeman, pilot; Lt. Hoy Bonnet, co-pilot; Cpt. Welburn, photographer. Front Row: S/Sgt. James Ley engineer/gunner; Sgt. Lath, tail gunner; Sgt. George Luke, radio operator. Welburn and Lath were not part of the crew on the day that Freeman's crew was shot down. On that day, Sgt. John Smith was the tail gunner, and Lt. John Smith was the photographer. Identifications provided in a letter from Lt. Freeman's mother to the mother of James Ley dated November 24, 1944, as part of the James Ley Collection at Grinnell College: https://digital.grinnell.edu/islandora/object/grinnell:jimmy-ley