ausreenactor
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To lose entire crews, all with families and friends, would have had an accumulative effect and it is not hard to understand the opening scene in Catch 22.
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Edward
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"Ground crew of the Boeing B-17 'Idiot's Delight' England."
L-R: Unkn, seated Unkn, standing M/Sgt Penrose A. Bingaman, Unkn, Sgt Pilla.
Penrose Adam Bingaman ("Bing")
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Ground crew for B-17 Frenesi and the John R Israel Crew #19-9-153
Worked as crew chief on Idiot's Delight (42-30301) in Bury St Edmunds, England
Awards: BS, WWII Victory, EAME.
M/Sgt Bingham watches Sgt Pilla paint another bomb on the side of Boeing B-17 'Idiots' Delight', of the 8th Air Force. England.
L-R: Unkn, seated Unkn, standing M/Sgt Penrose A. Bingaman, Unkn, Sgt Pilla.
Penrose Adam Bingaman ("Bing")
Assigned to 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Ground crew for B-17 Frenesi and the John R Israel Crew #19-9-153
Worked as crew chief on Idiot's Delight (42-30301) in Bury St Edmunds, England
Awards: BS, WWII Victory, EAME.
M/Sgt Bingham watches Sgt Pilla paint another bomb on the side of Boeing B-17 'Idiots' Delight', of the 8th Air Force. England.
Edward
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sometimes the ground crew need some love
ausreenactor
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Yes we do.....
It is funny to see our 'tradies' at the end of the day. The 'Black Handers' are covered in what should have been in the aircraft internals and the 'Boffins' are clean as a whistle. All those wires and circuit breakers make life a bit easier.
Micawber
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Ah yes, there was quite some discussion about that shot in one of the FB groups I co-admin. Really like the artwork on the unusual MB sidescreen.
ausreenactor
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Almost like a 3D pic?
Micawber
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Stan Wray on the left, first commander of the 91st BG H - Wrays Ragged Irregulars - who initiated the "Order Of The Rigid Digit" which was awarded to those who had messed up. He had a number of silver medals minted, there are not many about but I have handled one or two. In the museum we had a large rigid digit statuette that had it's own glass display cabinet....
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Edward
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certainly looks like same day issue right out of the quartermaster's box!
