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Port (Left) Side - Before Paint Strip
Lost 26 Feb 45, AUS - MACR 12758 - Pilot William E. McDaniel (531st BS)

Info Contributor - Martha Burkhart Collins
Shown with my Father, Houston Burkhart (Tail Gunner - kneeling 2nd from right), with crew members who participated in a bombing mission over Balikpapan, 30 Aug 43:

Standing (L-R)
Cpt Joe Roth - Pilot
Lt E.R. Zeiss - Co-Pilot
2Lt G.E. Peterson - Navigator
Lt F.F. Gorham - Bombardier
T/Sgt J.L. Sword - Radio Operator
S/Sgt D.R. Foretich - Nose Gunner		 Kneeling (L-R)
S/Sgt Ben Rocha - Asst Radio Operator
T/Sgt Richard Rone - Engineer
S/Sgt Houston Burkhart - Tail Gunner
S/Sgt Harold F. Morrison - Top Turret Gunner

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