Information about this photograph:

  1. Aircraft No: 43-39085
  2. Tail Letter: N/A
  3. Fuselage ID: N/A
  4. Group/Squadron: 398th, 601st
  5. Official Name of Aircraft:
  6. Date of Photograph: 29 December1944
  7. Photo Location: Bluie West 1, Narsarsuag, Greenland
  8. Crew at time of Photograph: Traeder's Crew
  9. Final Disposition of A/C: Crashed 29 Dec 1944 Bluie West 1, Narsarsuag, Greenland
  10. Interpretive Comments: The aircraft crashed on take-off. All got out alive.

Additional information about this crash can be found in the FLAK NEWS and Veteran's Personal History Sections. Specific articles are:

  1. Bluie West One (BW-1) by Howard Traeder, Pilot Three "Fortresses" Destroyed by Howard Traeder, Pilot
  2. T/Sgt. Frederick Chester Bradley, Jr. Engineer / Top Turret Gunner Howard F. Traeder Crew by Lee Anne Bradley

The Traeder Crew at the time of the photograph:

  1. 2nd Lt. Howard F. Traeder, Pilot
  2. 2nd Lt. Quentin H. McMurray, Co-Pilot
  3. F/O Marvin L. Blancett, Navigator
  4. S/Sgt. Frederick C. Bradley, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  5. S/Sgt. Joseph Reveman, Radio Operator/Gunner
  6. S/Sgt. Andrew F. Fay, Togglier
  7. Sgt. Franklin J. Scherer, Ball Turret Gunner
  8. Sgt. John J. (Jake) Miller, Waist Gunner
  9. Sgt. William H. Jones, Tail Gunner

Source Information:

  1. Photo Source: Howard Traeder's Photo Collection
  2. Photo Reference: 43-39085_19441229_HT
  3. Photographer: Unknown
  4. Information compiled by Lee Anne Bradley and Howard Traeder.
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