Back Row (viewer's left to right):

  1. 2nd Lt. Steven R. Quinn, Navigator
  2. 2nd Lt. Charles J. Mellis, Co-Pilot
  3. 1st Lt. Ross I. Howden, Pilot
  4. 2nd Lt. Charles A. Arnold, Bombardier
  5. T/Sgt. Joseph D. Cooper, Radio/Gunner

Front Row (viewer's left to right):

  1. T/Sgt. Orville W. Robertson, Engineer
  2. S/Sgt. Jose M. Echevarria, Tail Gunner
  3. S/Sgt. P.J. Cregan, Waist Gunner
  4. S/Sgt. Kenneth L. Newbrough, Waist Gunner

Missing from Photo:

  1. S/Sgt. Orville Nelson, Togglier/Ball Turret Gunner, probably because he did not fly with the crew on 11 July 1944

See also:

  1. "The Bomb Sight Was His Big Toe" by Ross Howden

Comments:

  1. 398th Mission No. 47, Munich, Germany, 11 July 1944
  2. On this mission the Howden crew flew in the ?? Group
  3. Aircraft flown: 42-102476 N7-B
  4. Aircraft in photo: probably 42-102476 N7-B
  5. Photo Date: 11 July 1944
  6. Photo Location: Nuthampstead
  7. Photo Reference No. A9294/JW
  8. Information compiled by UK Friends of the 398th with thanks for photo to the Jack Wintersteen Collection.
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