Photo Gallery
Courtesy of Mickey Gregory
Town of Cassino and monastery on hill above taken by David Howard Wray, Mickey's father.
Courtesy of Mickey Gregory
Town of Cassino and monastery on hill above taken by David Howard Wray, Mickey's father.
Courtesy of Mickey Gregory
Mount Vesuvius taken by David Howard Wray, Mickey's father.
Courtesy of Sean Flaherty
Emory Mc Atee (Sean's grandfather) and his crew.
Back row: Scott, Manuel, Burmeister, Mc Atee
Front row: Oliver, Beuhner, Arnold, Harrington, Dougherty
Courtesy of John Slate
Back Row L-R: Jack Reid (CP); Harold Teitelbaum (N); C. B. Long (E/G); William H. Bell (P); Ray H. Huntsinger (E/G); A.E.W. Cicewoen (TG)
Front Row L-R: The first five men are the ground crew, (Joseph William Slate, engine mechanic, fourth person from left); Ted Elias (RO/NG); Peter Metaliac (G)
Courtesy of John Slate
TS Express in flight. Joseph William Slate was the engine mechanic for this aircraft.
Courtesy of Tommy Kipphut
This is the crew for Thomas J. Kipphut. He is 4th from the left in the front row.
Courtesy of Kathy Higgins
First Row L-R: Michael
Zingarelli; Robert Meyer; George Koss; Guy L. McNeeley; Andrew F. Tuttle
Second Row L-R: Edward H. Malone; Russell L. Hoover;
Eugene O. "Red" Leighty; Leon E. Skaggs; Scott H. F. McCurdy
Third Row L-R: Humphrey J. "Pistol Packin' Poppa"
Gelsomino; John M. "Red" Barber; "Ike" Pope; Roy A. "Skinny" Williams;
Edward E. Duzlak; Karl "Dutch" Klomparens; Harry C. "Seedy" Higgins; Bob
Klinder
Fourth Row L-R: Jack G. "Sleepy" Layton; Jeter "Joe
Dope" Peterson; Clarence M. "Bud" Lower; Michael "Squeeze off a round"
Ramanich; Arnold C. "Pretty Boy" Denbrook; Duane L. "Zoot" Bohnstedt;
William J. "Wild Bill" Brocker
Courtesy of Bruce Wood
Jack McNevin, Bombardier
Courtesy of Bruce Wood
Lt. Robert Brenner Wood, Lt. George McGinnis, John W. 'Jack' McNevin (B). Wood and McGinnis were both P-38 pilots.
Courtesy of Paul Klempert
Standing L-R: ?????; ?????; Milton Klempert (N); ?????
Courtesy of Paul Klempert
Courtesy of Terry Rollow
Herman N. Manning (TG) (Terry Rollow's grandfather) is second from the left on the bottom row. Prentice A. Ables (Evan Wildinger's grandfather) is second from the right in the back row.
Courtesy of Robert Kuzmick
Lt. Adrian Kuzmick
Courtesy of Shane Nessel
Crew of Robert I. Nessel. Robert is standing at the left.
Courtesy of Rory Gardner
Courtesy of Rory Gardner
Courtesy of Rory Gardner
Courtesy of Derek Erickson
1st Lt. William Sutton (P)
Courtesy of John Luder
Robert Gilman McFall was born on 13 Nov 1923 in Buffalo, NY. The family moved to Los Angeles, CA. Bob attended Los Angeles High School and UCLA, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. His bombardier training was in Deming, NM, after which he was assigned to the 760th Squadron of the 460th Bomb Group at Spinnazola, Italy. He flew on the first Ploesti raid, 5 May1944. On Wednesday, 26 July 1944, he was the bombardier aboard the Bottoms Up (45-51926). The pilot was Johnny Lee and navigator was Al Wesling. The mission was the Zwolfaxing Airdrome, near Vienna. The plane took a hit and Lee sounded the bail-out alarm. Being in the nose, and having practiced the move, Bob was out in a flash. Moments later, Lee sounded the all-clear. Flying with a different crew, the Bottoms Up was lost on 18 Nov 1944, with all hands surviving. Bob got shrapnel wounds in the leg and ear on the way down. He was saved from an angry mob of civilians by an Ack-ack crew outside Vienna. He ended up in Stalag Luft 1 (North 2, Barracks 7, room 4), in Barth, near the Baltic. He turned 21 that November. They were liberated by Russians the following May. He and a fellow prisoner made their way to Allied lines, and jumped a flight from England to New York. He died 8 March 1993 at UCLA Hospital and his ashes interred at the National Cemetery in nearby Westwood.