BALES CREW - 359th BS
F.D.R.'s Potato Peeler Kids 42-5243 (BN-P)
(Back Left to Right) Capt Ross C. Bales P*, Lt Walter E. Dooley CP*,
Lt Paul W. Thomas B, Lt Richard C. Browning N**
(Front Left to Right) Sgt Homer W. Perkins WG, S/Sgt Raymond K. Winters E*,
Sgt Jack D. Snell TG*, S/Sgt John P. Klee BT, S/Sgt Raymond H. Kilgore R*
(*) KIA 14 May 1943 with Capt Ross Bales on mission to Keil, Germany. Crashed at sea in #42-5243
(**) KIA 31 March 1943 flying with the Keith Bartlett Crew in #41-24559 Ooold Soljer midair collision with #41-29573 Two Beauts