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Front Row L-R: Ball Turret-Edward Toth; Flight Engineer-Clarence Finger; Upper Turret Gunner-James Thompson; Nose Gunner-Donald Parsons; Tail Gunner-Thomas B. Hay; and Radio Operator-M.R. Fchrmson (?).
Back Row L-R: Co-Pilot-William Evans; Pilot-Charles Knopf; Navigator-Milton D. Stiebel 

Courtesy Donald and Sean Parsons

Front Row L-R
James Harrington - Navigator - East Orange NJ
Alvin Ashley - Pilot - Farmington, NM
Francis Gannon - Bombardier - Dorcester, MA
W.J. Carter - Co-pilot - Kansas City, MO
Back Row L-R
Michael Lynch - Ball Turret - Hoboken, NJ
James Peteson - Nose turret - Pittsburgh, PA
John Adams - Top turret - Trouedale, OK
Thomas Nye - Tail turret - Grand Rapids, MN
Samuel Francis - Radio operator - Brownsville, PA
Fred Dunn - Waist gunner - Greenfield , MA

Crew of "The Ruptured Duck"

Front row, left to right: Harold D. Weinberg, Francis M. Underhill, Maurice Struble, Frank L. Lawlor, Jr., Franklin V. Bartlett, Richard B. VanGorder

Back row, left to right: William Robinson, Durward Berry, Jack Rosencrans, and Garabed (Gary) Barsumian

 Ruptured Duck crew in front of "The Duchess"

Front, left to right: Franklin Bartlett, Maurice Struble, Harold Weinberg, Frank L.  Lawlor, Jr., Francis M. Underhill, Richard B. VanGorder

Back, left to right: Durward Berry, Jack Rosencrans, Garabed (Gary) Barsonian, William Robinson

Frank L. Lawlor, Jr.

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