Cullinan's Crew - 603rd Squadron - 19 July 1944
Back Row (viewer's left to right):
  1. S/Sgt. Florence A. Kowalczyk, Waist Gunner
  2. Captain Steve P. Cullinan, Pilot
  3. 2nd Lt. Lloyd M. Sundheim, Navigator
  4. 1st Lt. Walter E. Marsh, Bombardier
  5. Captain Robert L. Hopkins, Squadron Operations

Front Row (viewer's left to right):

  1. T/Sgt. Harold B. Butler, Radio
  2. 2nd Lt. John O. Hobbs, Co-Pilot
  3. T/Sgt. Ben Mendes, Engineer
  4. S/Sgt. Ellsworth Wright, Ball Turret

Comments:

  1. Original Crew No. 67
  2. 398th Mission No. 52, Lechfeld, Germany, 19 July 1944
  3. On this mission the Cullinan crew flew High Group Lead
  4. Aircraft flown: 42-102553 N7-K, possibly called LIL 8 BALL. This A/C hit tractor on takeoff 27 or 29 July 1944.
  5. Aircraft in photo: 42-97357, The Railroader
  6. Jeff Vicha provided the following excerpt from an early 1944 Ray Vicha letter "...our ex co-pilot Cullinan named his plane "The Railroader" after his father who died last year..." Ray Vicha and Cullinan were part of the original Hopkins' crew in Rapid City. In early 1944, Cullinan got his own crew and was replaced by Ed Jordan on the Hopkins' Crew. Thus it appears that the Cullinan Crew on the day of the photo above wanted their photo taken in front of their original Rapid City plane and not the one they flew the day of the photo.
  7. Photo Date: 19 July 1944
  8. Photo Location: Nuthampstead
  9. Photo Reference No. A9298
  10. Other Photo Reference No. DJ-3A04
  11. Information compiled by UK Friends of the 398th with thanks to John Hobbs.
  12. If you would like to add information about this photograph, please contact our Crew Pictures Coordinator. Please mention the title and photograph date.





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