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

Lauraine Crew - 837th Squadron
Photo in front of The Tweachewous Wabbit
Back row, standing, T/Sgt Alvin G. Hammer (engineer) third from the left, S/Sgt Francis J. Sutherland (radio operator) fifth from the left
Officers in the front row (L to R): 2nd Lt Thomas Haffner (navigator), 2nd Lt James T. O'Conner (copilot), 1st Lt Loye J. Lauraine (pilot), 2nd Lt Jerome D. Moderski (bombardier)
Of the other 4 unidentified men in photo, 3 may be: Sgt Rowland B. Randall (flight engineer), Sgt Robert R. DeForge (flight engineer), Sgt James T. Schmid (tail gunner)
(Photo courtesy of Ivo de Jong, many crew identies by Neal Hoppe, son of Jerome Moderski's widow, and her 2nd husband)


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