Standing (L to R): Jim Harper (BG); George Teglund (TG); Tom Mulligan (CP); Jim Hendricks (N); Oliver Stout (P). Kneeling (L to R): Lawrence Peterson (NG); John Collins (RO); Gus Deglercq (FE); Bill Tullis (G). [Missing from photo Larry Kalman (B), Tullis replaced by Jim Kelly prior to going overseas.]
- STOUT, Oliver J., Pilot
- MULLIGAN, Thomas J., Co-Pilot
- HENDRICKS, Jim, Navigator
- KALMAN, Larry, Lt Waist
- DECLERCQ, Gaston A, Flight/Eng. Top Turret
- COLLINS, John, Radio/Op Rt. Waist
- HARPER, James F, Ball Gunner
- PETERSON, Lawrence A, Nose Gunner
- TEGLUND, George I, Tail Gunner
716th Squadron
John A. Silverstein (changed his name after the war to John (Jack) Steele) was C.O. from June ‘43 to July ’44. He was followed by Charles E. Harton from July ‘44 to November ’44. Harton had served as the acting C.O. for the 719th squadron while Swan was in the hospital recovering from wounds during May ‘44 to July ‘44. Lloyd M. Bentsen (who became a U.S. Senator from Texas, U. S. Treasurer after the war, and U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate) was the C.O. from November ‘44 until February ’45. Robert Johnson took over from mid-‘45 to V.E. Day in May ’45.
