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B-17E "Billy" 41-2462 with crew at Wakde Airfield
(Standing left to right) Pilot Major A. R. Anderson of Pittsburgh, PA, Waist gunner TSgt C. E. Stevens of Albany, TX, Radio operator Sgt C. L. Jostad of Holman, WI, Crew chief Sgt C. E. McNichols of Long Beach, CA. Nose gunner SSgt O. F. Riehkmer of Bismark, MO, Assistant Engineer Cpl C. E. Majes of Mulberry, KS.
This B-17 was assigned to U.S. Army General Walter Kruger, Commanding General of 6th Army as his personal transport. In the background is a parked B-24 Liberator in a revetment.
Credit: U.S. Army Signal Corps SWPA SC-44-17496  Date: September 9, 1944
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