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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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