1941-1945

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Sjorgren's Crew

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Photo courtesy of Randy Thomas via his father Walt Thomas/9thBS

Back row l to r: John Capriotti, Navigator; Gil Forbes, Bombardier; Don Rutherford, Co-pilot; Herm Sjogren, Pilot
Front row l to r: Pop Shearer, Engineer; Bill Blakely, tail gunner; Charles Lowdermilk, ball gunner; Dick Beatty, radio operator; Walt Thomas, top gunner; Bill Peltzer (position unknown)

Comments by Randy: The names were given to me by Gil Forbes. As of 2002, Capriotti, Forbes, Peltzer, Lowdermilk and Blakely were still living. I got their addresses from Forbes. Rutherford was killed flying the hump after taking another crew members place. He was my father's friend and he took that hard and talked about it quite a lot.

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