Gene W. Minton's crew with the 708th Bomb Squadron with the 44th Bomb Group (heavy) Rattlesden, Norfolk UK.  Gene was moved from his regular crew to break in a new pilot on 5/24/1944 on a mission to bomb Berlin.  The pilot lost control of the B-17 and crashed into the North Sea.   This photo is on display at the Rio Grande Valley Wing of the Commerative Air Force Museum - Brownsville, Tx. along with his Purple Heart medal.
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