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

VanDeventer Crew - 836th Squadron
This is believed to be the VanDeventer crew, with the man first on the left, back row believed to be Lt. Vandeventer
Photo was taken in Gulfport MS, 14-Mar-1945. This crew was assigned to 487th 7-Apr-1945.
Back row L to R: 2nd Lt Garland G. VanDeventer (pilot), 2nd Lt Robert W. Taylor (co-pilot), E.V. Seder (bombardier - perhaps not with this crew upon deployment), 2nd Lt. James E. Findley (navigator)
Front row L to R: Cpl Wayne C. Hill (ball turret gunner), Cpl John W. Hunt (radio operator), Cpl Verlin J. Lindsley (armorer gunner), Cpl William H. Buck (tail-gunner), Cpl Charles E. Gabbert (flight engineer)
(photo provided by Aletha Werner, daughter of Wayne C. Hill)


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