487th Bomb Group (H)
Station 137 - Lavenham, Suffolk, UK
22-Sep-43 to 7-Nov-45

Freeburg crew - 837th Squadron
Back row, L to R: 1st Lt James W Freeburg (pilot), 2nd Lt Neal A Mischke (co-pilot), 2nd Lt Daniel L. Moffat (navigator) F/O Dale Hecox (bombardier)
Front row, L to R: Cpl Donald P. Boyles (flight engineer), T/Sgt Charles T. Mattson (radio operator) Sgt Donald H. Oglesby (gunner) (believed to be Oglesby), S/Sgt Melvin R. Knoblauch (waist gunner), Cpl Vernon T. Holloway (ball turret), S/Sgt Artemus Skaggs (tail gunner)
Additional photo of the crew during debriefing can be seen by clicking here
(Photo provided by Kathy Davenport, daughter of Artemus Skaggs)


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