1941-1945
Albert Crew in front of B-24L #28 prior to takeoff on 5 Feb 1945
Photo courtesy of AFHRA via Walt Webb
The mission was a bridge bombing mission in Thailand. The aircraft became the Margolies crew's doomed plane 24 Mar 1945. Note serial number on the tail - 44-49607 along with a hand-painted "28", an indicator of its recent arrival to the squadron.
L to R: 1st Lt Donald P. Funk - copilot; 2nd Lt Owen H. Brownfield - bomb; T/Sgt Arthur L. Burdette - engineer; 1st Lt Bernard D. Kahn - nav; 1st Lt John F. Albert - pilot; T/Sgt Lyle L. Vralsted - radio; S/Sgt H. Q. Smith - gunner; S/Sgt Gordon Greenberg - gunner; S/Sgt Paul R. Hon - gunner
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