447th Combat Crews and Group Photos

(Most Photos from Captain Henry W. Stephenson)

Quotes from Dick Spingler appear in blue lettering



Henry Stephenson is kneeling on the left.



Henry Stephenson is standing second from left.



Henry Stephenson is on the left.



Stephenson is sitting third from right. T/Sgt. Walter A. Cantrell is standing third from left.



A bunch of 447th guys chowing down.















This photo probably shows the 447th personnel and possibly the two generals around pilot Clyde Morganti's B-25 "Sylvester the Snarp" in September, 1943 when Lts. Morganti, Williams and Holloway ferried two generals from El Aquina to Palermo, Catania, Taranto and Brindisi on a secret mission.



According to Drury, these were the fates of the soldiers pictured in this crew photo: Jake Muirhead was shot down and KIA, John Brisky was shot down and KIA in the Adriatic, Boyd survived being shot down twice- landing in friendly areas, Delore Monroe was KIA by Flak in flight, and Bob Crowell was shot down, captured and became a POW in Germany. Drury himself was shot down and captured over Chieti, Italy on December 2, 1943.



This photo from Ed Williams shows his older brother William Williams with a combat crew consisting of Clyde Morganti (standing next to Williams) and Arthur Holloway (standing next to Morganti).


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