857th BS
Ladd Crew

The crew arrived at Harrington shortly before the reorganization of the Group in August of 1944. According to Frank Miller (ASN 18098139) the crew was broken up sometime during the fall of 1944, with Ladd's crew changing places with the Bowland crew before they were sent to Leuchars in mid-September of 1944. At most each of them flew only two missions with Balchen's "Ball Project" before returning to Harrington in October of 1944 and continuing on into the night bombing period of early 1945. A second picture exists, but is very blurry, hence not shown here. 



Back Row,L-R:
Alfred H.   Dauman        - Copilot         ASN 0715729
Craig B.    Ladd          - Pilot           ASN 0687483
Edward A.   Schweitzer    - Bombardier      ASN 0716970
Lawrence J. Christenson   - Navigator       ASN 0719011

Front Row,L-R:
William C.  Jungbluth     - R.O.            ASN 36815856
Paul        Pepin,Jr.     - Gunner          ASN 31292853
Jack A.     Hammond       - Gunner          ASN 33705990
John L.     Volpe         - Engineer        ASN 13107788

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