A bomber crew of the 401st Bomb Group with their new B-17 Flying Fortress.
Passed for publication 12 Dec 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'RF.' Printed caption on reverse: 'Flying Fortress Crew Back In Action Following Crash On English Village. Photo Shows:- Some of the crew walking from their new ship at a station "somewhere in England". L.-R.:- T/Sgt. William D. Woodward, top-turret gunner, of Georgetown, South Carolina; Sergeant Waldon D. Cohen, Ball-turret gunner, of Altoona, Pennsylvania; Sgt. Harold J. Kelsen, waist-gunner, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Lieutenant Wardlaw Hammond, co-pilot, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lieutenant Walter B. Keith, pilot of Hodgeville, Kentucky; S/Sgt. Benhanmin C. Musser, radio operator, of Quarryville, Pennsylvania; and Sgt. Robert V. Kerr, tail-gunner of Montesano, Washington. Gai. December 11th. 1943. PN.' Censor no: 264492. On reverse: Planet News Ltd. and US Army General Section Press &amp; Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
United States Army Air Forces
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