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Lead Crew - Mission #269
06 Nov 1944
Bottrup, Germany
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B-17G #44-8238 (no name) 358BS PFF (VK-Y)
41st CBW-A (360 BS) Lead - Pilot LtCol William S. Raper / CoPilot Capt Bernard C. Fontana

(Back L - R) 2Lt Sylvester H. Rape (B), 1Lt Norman N. Klein (N),
LtCol William S. Raper (P), 1Lt Rufus S. Charlton (GH-N),
1Lt Ole Lovold (TG/O), 2Lt Mike D. McCarty (PFF-Nav)

(Front L-R) S/Sgt Thomas L. Weems (WG), T/Sgt Raymond C. King (R),
S/Sgt James R. Durfee (WG), T/Sgt Robert N. Perry (E), Capt Bernard C. Fontana (CP)

[photo courtesy of James R. Durfee and Tyler L. Weems]