Crew 61

This crew arrived on Guam about April/May 1945 and flew approximately 6-9 missions as a crew; after that time they few as "fill ins" where needed on other crews. Cpl David W. Barr the crew's tail gunner was lost with 9 members of Crew 52 on 24 May mission to Nagoya. Kesselman recalls there may have been about 9 missions they flew as a crew, a number of which were Tokyo raids, before he was assigned permanently to another crew and flew the rest of HIS missions with that crew.

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Standing (Left to Right)
F/O Joseph I. Kesselman, Navigator
F/O Allan Armstrong, Pilot
1st Lt Samuel K. Felton, Airplane Commander
1st Lt Leonard W. Wasowicz, Bombardier
1st Lt Emory C. Gaffney, Radar Observer

Kneeling (Left to Right)
S/Sgt Anthony L. Palmieri, CFC Gunner
Unknown, Left Gunner
Durbin, Gunner
Unknown, Radio Operator
Cpl David W. Barr, Tail Gunner
M/Sgt Andrew J. Swetz, Flight Engineer