Shoo Shoo Baby
401st Squadron
Rhapsody in Blue -

Serial # 42-32076
Back Row - Left to Right:
S/Sgt. Harry A. Soderberg, Top Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. George H.
Bogert, Ball Turret Gunner; S/Sgt. Charles M. Borchert, Right Waist Gunner; Hank Cordes;
T/Sgt. Charles R. Brahman, Radio Operator; S/Sgt. Edward J. Gallagher, Tail Gunner; Sgt.
Eldon H. Hughes, Right Waist Gunner.
Front Row - Left to Right:
Lt. Maurice A. Bonomo, Bombardier; Lt. Walter Robert Langford,
Co-Pilot; Lt. Paul G. McDuffie, Pilot;
Lt. Lawrence F. Sylvester, Jr., Navigator.
Click here
for 1988 photo of Shoo Shoo Baby
Shoo
Shoo Baby Factoid - The above photo is the only known photo
of this aircraft without her nose art.
Shoo Shoo Baby Crew Members
| Pilots |
Co-Pilots |
| Lt. John L. Black Lt. Philip R. Goynes
Lt. Roy J. Griesbach
Lt. Robert J. Guenther**
Lt. Thomas H. Gunn
Lt. Paul g. McDuffie*
Lt. Sam Newton
|
Lt. Ralph J. Bell Lt. Harold R. DeBolt
Lt. Richard T. Pressey
Lt. George Havrisik**
Lt. John E. LaFontin*
Lt. Joseph J. Kozina
Lt. Walter R. Langford
Lt. Charles R. Peck
Lt. Bert Stiles
Lt. Robert J. Guenther |
| Navigators |
Bombardiers |
| Lt. Grant H. Benson Lt. Howard L. Hutchinson
Lt. Frank T. Keneley*
Lt. John M. Lowdermilk
Lt. John P. McLaren
F/O Apu E. Pinkerton
Lt. John W. Ryan
Lt. John R. Simonson
Lt. Lawrence F. Sylvester, Jr.
Lt. Benjamin H. Yarborough
|
Lt. Lester Biot Lt. Donald R. Bird
Lt. Maurice A. Bonomo
Lt. Leo D. Godfrey
S/Sgt. William A. Grant
Lt. Patrick N. Kennedy*
Lt. Leonard V. Peterson**
Lt. John R. Piland
Lt. Jerome D. Pope
S/Sgt. Elmer Weaver, Jr. |
| Top Turret |
Radios |
| S/Sgt. Stewart B. Butler T/Sgt. Joe Z. Cardwell
S/Sgt. Eugene J. Letalien
T/Sgt. William F. Lewis
T/Sgt. George W. Parks
Sgt. Sebastiano F. Rippa
T/Sgt. Richard R. Saffell
T/Sgt. James Shoesmith
S/Sgt. Harry A. Soderberg
T/Sgt. Samuel L. Sommers, Jr.*
T/Sgt. Emil J. Viskocil |
T/Sgt. Daniel S. Abeles* S/Sgt. John P.
Armstrong
T/Sgt. John H. Bigham**
T/Sgt. Charles R. Braman
T/Sgt. Robert G. Hartford
S/Sgt. Jack L. Sayre
T/Sgt. Russell D. Shields
T/Sgt. Edwin C. Ross |
| Ball Turret |
Right Waist |
| S/Sgt. Andrew Adelbo S/Sgt. Gordon E. Beach
S/Sgt. George H. Bogert
S/Sgt. Price D. Dougherty
S/Sgt. Freeman A. Ford
S/Sgt. Nick P. Premenki**
Sgt. Ralph E. Rigaud
S/Sgt. Donald E. Schwab*
|
S/Sgt. Harry V. Banes S/Sgt. Jack S. Bond*
S/Sgt. Charles M. Borchert
Sgt. Harvey W. Brundage
S/Sgt. Junior H. Clifton
S/Sgt. Basil J. Crone
S/Sgt. Leland H. Fleming
Sgt. Eldon H. Hughes
S/Sgt. Robert J. Jackson
S/Sgt. Harry V. Lane
S/Sgt. Harold F. Nicely**
|
| Left Waist |
Tail Gunner |
| S/Sgt. Charles E. Clark S/Sgt. Robert O. Duncan
S/Sgt. Daniel E. Harrington, Jr.*
S/Sgt. John Hinda
S/Sgt. Walter Peacock
Sgt. Harry R. Small
Sgt. Bernice E. Stanton
Sgt. Eldon H. Hughes
|
Sgt. Marion F. Allen S/Sgt.
Paul C. Bara
S/Sgt. Edward J. Gallagher
S/Sgt. John D. Hamner
S/Sgt. Maurice P. LaCasse*
S/Sgt. Edward L. Sharpe
S/Sgt. Harry R. Small
S/Sgt. Robert D. Smith
S/Sgt. Harry J. Teems**
S/Sgt. Woodrow W. Tressler |
* Crew members of first
combat mission 24 March 1944
** Crew members of last combat mission 29
May 1944

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