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

Leonard L. Nakielny Crew - 839th Squadron
Back row (L to R): 2nd Lt Albert Takach (copilot), 2nd Lt Leonard L. Nakielny (pilot), believed to be 2nd Lt Max C. Leiter (bombardier), believed to be T/Sgt George A. Huebner (radio operator), F/O Frank J. Piskur (Navigator)
Front row may be S/Sgt Francis R. Timmerman (armorer gunner), S/Sgt Henry A. Sernack Jr. (aerial gunner), S/Sgt Donald L. Harwood (aerial gunner), T/Sgt William K. Peters (aerial gunner)
Crew, other than Piskur, assigned to 487th 4-Oct-1944. Identity of Piskur supplied by his grandson, Frank Michal.
Additional crew member T/Sgt Robert J. Swanson (flight engineer) assigned with crew on 4-Oct-44 but not pictured.
Identity of others supplied by Terry Madsen, Nakielny son-in-law.
The men in the front row are believed to be those listed, but individual identification is unknown.
Photo evidently taken 22-Jan-45
(photo from National Archives, to Ivo de Jong)


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