Niel J Rissler
Military
Pictured are:
2nd Lieutenant James I Owens Jr., Pilot
Flight Officer Neil J Rissler, Co-Pilot
2nd Lieutenant Joseph L Tullier, Navigator
Staff Sergeant Charles Wells, Nose Gunner/Togglier
Staff Sergeant William K Byard Jr., Radio Operator/Gunner
Tech Sergeant Stephan Wigoda, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sergeant Robert K Barrett, Ball Turret Gunner
Tech Sergeant Alvin E Selfridge, Waist Gunner
Staff Sergeant Carl Roberts Jr., Tail Gunner
Original Image caption:
A crew of the 379th Bomb Group poses beside the Boeing B-17 "Ginny" at an 8th Air Force base in England on 28 April 1945.
Object Number - UPL 55031 - B-17G-105-BO #43-39165 'Ginny', 379th Bomb Group (FC-O) Pictured are: 2nd Lieutenant James I Owens Jr., Pilot Flight Officer Neil J Rissler,...
Flew 32 missions on 'Gravel Gertie'
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Revisions
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Sources
Book: Fly A Big Tin Bird / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
