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

Root Crew - 836th Squadron
Back row L to R: 2nd Lt. Robert L. Root (pilot), 2nd Lt. Henry C. Murphy (co-pilot), W. Coleman (crew chief), 1st Lt. Vernon H. Kemp (bombardier), 2nd Lt. Leon H. DeBaucher (navigator)
Front row L to R: S/Sgt Ken C. Piotraschke (flight engineer), S/Sgt Earl E. Kline (radio operator), Sgt. Jack B. Heckman (waist gunner), S/Sgt. George H. Kuhlman (gunner), Sgt Richard J. Orlemanski (tail gunner) and Sgt William A. Langford (nose gunner)
(photo provided by Tom Avramis, son of Christopher Avramis)


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