1st Lt Edmund F Janic, 93BG

B-24 Liberator, 41-23729, "Shoot Luke", and crew. A/C flew on the Ploesti oil refinery bombing mission. Aborted. - Photo taken at Hardwick, Norfolk, England, on April 12,1943 Crew in photo, L-R: 1st Lt. John Murphy, San Diego, CA, 1st Lt. Archie Rantala, Brule, WI, 2nd Lt. Edmond F. Janic, Milwaukee, WI 2nd Lt. George G. Black, Monterey, CA, T/Sgt. Floyd H. Mabee, Lafayette, NJ, T/Sgt. William D. Mercer, Zanesville, OH S/Sgt. Adam J. Hastak, New Orleans, LA, S/Sgt. George W. Foster, Akron, OH, S/Sgt. James D. Cowan, Boston, MA S/Sgt. Mahlon D. Cressey, Biddeford, ME

Page 17 of the 93rd Bomb Group unit history. Many of the 8th Air Force Groups produced an unofficial unit history in the months after the war ended in Europe but before they were redeployed out of the ETO (European Theater of Operations). Resembling a college yearbook, unit histories were an unofficial – and often tongue-in-cheek – record of the unit’s time based in the UK. They include photo montages showing different aspects of base life. Often the servicemen in the photos are unnamed. The American Air Museum hopes that by adding unit histories to the website as individual pages, the men in the photos will be identified and associated to their person entries. Many included lists of personnel and a mailing address, providing a means for servicemen to keep in contact with each other after the war. These lists are now incredibly useful records of where US airmen in England in 1945 called their home.

"These crew members of the Consolidated B-24 "Shoot Luke" which has had 27 missions over enemy territory, enjoy refreshments In London, England after a broadcast to the states. They are, left to right, Sgt. George W. Foster of Akron, Ohio, Waist Gunner; T/Sgt William D Mercer of Zanesville, Ohio, radio operator; 1st Lt John Murphy of San Diego, California, pilot; 1st Lt Archie Rantala of Bruce, Wisconsin, navigator; 2nd Lt George C Black of Monterey, California co-pilot; T/Sgt Floyd H Mabee of Lafayette, New Jersey, engineer and top turret gunner; and 2nd Lt Edmond F Janic of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bombardier. All are members of the 93rd Bomb Group 14 April 1943."