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DOTTIE AND HER FRIENDSPosed in front of their Liberator bomber "Dauntless Dottie" at their North Australia base are the members of the crew of this B-24, all of whom seem very happy. Recently on a mission over a Jap-held island 2,300 miles away, the Liberator was forced to fly on instruments 12 out of 15 hours because of bad weather. Left to right, front row, are Capt. William Shek, pilot, Strattford, Conn.; 2nd Lt. Lester Luchring, co-pilot, Mayville, Wis.; Lt. William Barrington, bombardier, Salem Ore., and Tech. Sgt. Berdine Rustad, engineer, Sunburgh, Minn. Back row: T. Sgt. Sargent, radioman, South Lebanon, O.; S. Sgt. Arthur Firmbach, assistant engineer, Ozone Park, N.Y.; S. Sgt. William Klenn, Chicago, Ill.; S. Sgt. Norman Quimby, Dover, N.H., and S. Sgt. James Morgan, Indianapolis, Ind. |