This photo of the Robert T. Hall crew was taken on 24 March 1944 at Herington Army Airfield, Kansas, a staging base for heavy bombers. Herington was the 487th Bomb Group�??s first stop during its deployment from Alamogordo, New Mexico, to Lavenham, England. The aircraft in this photo is probably B-24 42-52771.
Back row (L to R): Virgil P. Robinson (waist gunner); Richard J. �??Luke�?? L�??Ecuyer (co-pilot); Robert T. Hall (pilot); Harry P. Krachmal (flight engineer); John N. Martindale (radio operator). Front row (L to R): Edward J. Gibbens (bombardier); J. Wray Lacy (navigator); Orville M. Schmahl (ball turret gunner); and Carroll V. Stanley (tail gunner).
(Photo courtesy of J. Wray Lacy)