Frampton crew pose with B-24 Liberator parked at Henderson Field on Guadalcanal
(Standing left to right) 1st Lt. John X. Farrar, Jr., 1st Lt. Walter A. Shephard, 1st Lt. Wilder G. Purdy and Captain Charles K. Frampton and unidentified 5th Bombardment Group photographer.
(Center left to right) TSgt Grady M. Russell, SSgt Earl T. Howard, SSgt William P. Piazik and SSgt John T. Reardon.
(Seated front row left to right) TSgt Leonard W. Shofler and Cpl Gilbert L. Landerud.
This crew (with the exception of Piazik and the unidentified group photographer) went Missing In Action (MIA) on October 10, 1943 aboard B-24D-35-CO "My Baby Bubb" 42-40210 shot down northwest of Choiseul.
Credit: 5th BG via Wilder G. Purdy / Barbara Purdy Gipson Date: July 25, 1943
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