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Major Sumner Reeder  Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
Sumner Reeder and Russell Engel in 1943, soon after Engel was released from the hospital. Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
Robert Lovin, TG on the Sumner Reeder Cerw. Robert completed his tour on 29 Jan 44. Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
Damaged A/C flown by the Reeder crew on the 6 Sept 43 Stuttgart mission on which Co-Pilot Harry Edeburn was KIA, Pilot Sumner Reeder was wounded, and Navigator Russell Engel and Bombardier Peter Delao were severely wounded. Contrary to historical references and stories about the Sept 6, 1943 Mission to Stuttgart, The Sumner Reeder crew maintains that the plane they flew on Sept 6, 1943 was not Squawkin Hawk but another aircraft. Squawkin Hawk was being repaired and the crew took another B-17F. This story has validity in the fact that Edeburn was killed by a 20mm that came through the copilot window. (Note the hole in the window.) On Squawkin Hawk, Edeburn had personally midnight requisitioned bulletproof glass for the cockpit windows. Had this been Squawkin Hawk, he would not have been killed. This information is directly from the surviving Crew members.   Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
Major Sumner Reeder became the C.O. of the 349th Squadron after completing his tour. Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
1943 shot of Russell Engel and some members of the Reeder crew in front of Squawkin Hawk after Engel's release from the hospital. Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
Some Reeder crew enlisted men L to R: WG Conner Brewster-KIA 5 Nov 43, TG Robert Lovin-CPT 29 Jan 44, TTE Harold Pope-Evadee 5 Nov 43, and BTG Francis Dolson-POW 5 Nov 43.  Reeder Crew Information (100th BG Archives)
The Raymond N. Wieland crew.  After this crew left Ardmore, OK, and completed their Phase Training, I believe this photo was taken as the Replacement Center in Lincoln, NE after the crew received their new flying clothing. (Note Clowe's TTE light colored fur collar.)  L to R Rear: Waist Gunner John C. Ciaccia, Ball Turret Gunner Marvin F. Barner, Radio Operator Gunner Arthur A. Edmonston, Nose Gunner Robert F. Joyce, and Top Turret Engineer David E. Clowe.  L to R Front: Tail Gunner Fred E. "Tex" Appleby, Jr., Co-Pilot Paul L. Valentine, Navigator Anthony J. Pranger, and Pilot Raymond N. Wieland.  Wieland Crew Information.   (Photo courtesy of Harry Valentine, son of Paul Valentine)
GOLD BRICK XR-F at Honington 1SAD (Strategic Air Depot) for repairs. (Courtesy Robert Hughes)
YEHUDI XR-B at Honington 1SAD (Strategic Air Depot) for repairs. (Courtesy Robert Hughes)
S/Sgt L. D. Guthrie, Tail Gunner on the Furrer crew,  inspects the damaged to a/c 338211 XR-R. Furrer Crew Information (100th Photo Archives)
The Joseph King Crew. King crew information  (Photo courtesy of Paul Valentine)
Robert T. Akers Crew Left to Right.  Standing: Thomas Baker, Ralph Anderson, Frank Rouch, Charles Penn, and Dan McGrath.  Kneeling: Robert Anderson, Charles Elliott, Earl Kluender, Robert Akers (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
The Robert T. Akers crew. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Aircraft on hardstand in the early morning. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Frank Rouch, Toggilier & Chin turret gunner before a mission. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Robert T. Akers, Pilot. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Charles Elliott, BTG, checking on turret guns before a mission. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
E-Z GOIN'S Crew Chief.  (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Flying Cadet Akers.  (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Turning the props on E-Z GOIN.  Props were turned before the engine was started.  Turning prop #4 are Earl Kluender and Ralph Anderson. Turning prop #3 is Charles Elliott. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Aircraft lined up on the perimeter track before takeoff. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
GRUMBLIN GREMBLIN II on Food Drop mission. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
 A/C 338313 XR-S after a mission. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Wilford B. Murray. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
349th crews. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Brouillette) Akers Crew Information
Thursday, December 23, 1943, article in the Senoia, Georgia, Newnan Herald.  Lt. Col. Francis D. Shoemaker, of the Atlanta Army Air Base, is shown presenting a decoration to Joseph J. Couch, of Senoia, for his son, Lieut. William Henry Couch, of the Army Air Forces, who is now a prisoner of war in Germany.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew Information
 
5 September 43 letter home from Bill Couch in Luft 3. (Front)
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew Information
5 September 43 letter home from Bill Couch in Luft 3. (Back)
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew Information
Exterior of church at Ilowa, Poland, formerly Halbau, Germany, where Bill Couch spent the night of January 29, 1945, while on the infamous Moosburg POW March. (Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew Information
Interior of church at Ilowa, Poland, formerly Halbau, Germany, where Bill Couch spent the night of January 29, 1945, while on the infamous Moosburg POW March. He slept on the second pew on the left.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew Information
Bill Couch standing on the roof of the St. Nazaire Sub Pens.  The pens were covered with 12 feet of reinforced concrete.  "The French finally gave up on trying to demolish it and converted it into a shopping center." (Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew Information