Training:

The Stearman PT 17 was used as the primary trainer for B17 pilots.

Albert I. Pierce at Dorr Field Arcadia Florida Jun-July 1943.

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The Crew

6/23/44 at Hunter Field, Savannah Georgia
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Albert I. Pierce 0-818929 (Bottom row 2nd right)
Copilot: 2nd Lt. Corbin Willis Jr. 0-814025 
Navigator: 2nd Lt. Robert L. Lansche (not pictured)
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Neil H. Hampton (bottom second left)
Engineer: TSGT Howard G. Butler (top right)

Radioman: TSGT Albert H. Siuedeikis (top third left)
Ball Gunner: SSGT Kenneth R. Mullen (top left)
Waist Gunner: SGT Charles A. Warren (not pictured)
Tail Gunner: SGT Stephen J. Nemes (top second left)


Pictured are Walt Douglas, Robert Koch, and Norman Guillian which were not ultimately part of the crew.

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