Posted By hugh b hall jr on July 20, 2005 at 16:19:51:
In Reply to: Help With ID of Men in Photo??? posted by Lee Anne Bradley on June 16, 2005 at 11:57:09:
: Hi All,
: I have a mystery here, I hope one of you can help. A photo showing 7 airmen was sent to the 398th BG Assoc for identification, but we can find no record of these men being with the 398th. We are guessing they were 'passing through' from another bomb group and had their pic taken. Maybe landed there due to bad weather, mechanical problems? Anyway, the names on the back of the photo are: Vernon H. Roether, Best, Borecky, Johnson, Paul, Fink and Souders. Then the line: "Taken 1945 Nuthampstead, England". The grandson of Roether, who sent the photo, says his granddad was a navigator - but he has no other info. I can e-mail the photo if anyone would like to see it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
: Thanks much,
: Lee Anne Bradley
: 398th BG Historian
Lee Anne, My brother-in-law is trying to find out information about his father who was a B-17 gunner in the 398th. His name was Orville Johnson, from Kentucky, and his picture is not among the crew pictures shown. Could he be the Johnson in your picture? He flew many missions and was shot down but made it to allied lines.