Re: Unidentified Crew Photo #7
Posted: 02 Dec 2019 1737
by Ben Johnson
Yankee, Thank you for your information identifying your grandfather and this crew. We will update the main site with this information. If you have names to identify any of the other crew members in that shot or have any other photos you would like to add to the site, please feel free to post here. We appreciate your contributions to the group.
Best,
Re: Unidentified Crew Photo #7
Posted: 16 Feb 2020 1730
by Bob Tupa
Four Johnson crews from Adams list.
JOHNSON, LOWELL S. #421111, 319th Sqdn. crew # 1, Albrecht, Rudolph W. #790203, (n), Field, George H. #733631, (cp), Pettkus, Walter A. #730742, (b), Alexander, James W. #33107864, (e), Donnelly, James N. #37185529, (e), Hodges, Edwin L. #39451994, (g), Fortino, Michael J. #32885551, (ro). From my microfilm # 1713, dated 4-14-1943.
JOHNSON, LOWELL S. #421111, 319th Sqdn. crew # 2, Fields, George L. #733631, (cp), Albrecht, Rudolph W. #790203, (n), Petkus, Walter A. #730742, (b), Alexander, James W. #33107864, (e), Fortino, Michael J. #32287864, (ro), Donnelly, James M. #37185529, (e), Hodges, Edwin L. #39451994, (wg), Lincoln, Harold J. #11072239, (wg), Russell, Albert A. #18129736, (tg), Thompson, Richard S. #737897, replaces (cp), Adams, Richard A. #791662, (obs), Earnshaw, Sidney S. #31076726, (ae). From Sqdn Book, no dates indicated.
JOHNSON, LOWELL S. #421111, 319th Sqdn. crew # 3, Fields, George H. #733631, (cp), Albrecht, Rudolph W. #790203, (n), Petkus, Walter A. #730742, (b), Russell, Albert A. #18129736, (tg), Hodges, Edwin L. #39451994, (wg), Lincoln, Harold J. #11072239, (wg), Donnelly, James M. #37185529, (ae), Thompson, Richard S. #737897, (repl cp), Dooley, James F. no #, (g), Portnoy, Samuel A. #32244118, (g), Barnett, Wendell H, no #, (g), Curtis, Roy E. no #, (g). From Alexander’s orders, dated 10-15-1943.
JOHNSON, LOWELL S. #421111, 319th Sqdn. crew # 4, Thompson, Richard S. #737897, (cp), Albrecht, Rudolph, W. #790203, (n), McKinnon, Edwin L. #790981, (b), Trainor, Bernard E. #724251, (ra), Alexander, James W. #33107864, (ae), Fortino, Michael J. #33285551, (ro), Donnelly, James M. #37185529, (e), Hodges, Edwin L. #39451994, (g), Russell, Albert A. #18129736, (g), Lincoln, Harold J. #11072239, (g), Perchuk, Benjamin H. #16004102, (photo). From Hallett’s orders, dated 10-15-1943, and credited 2 fighters over Wewak, PNG, on 9-15-1943.