Rear Left to Right Earl R Sarko (Waist Gunner)
James L Bollinger (Co-Pilot)
Norman T Kanel (Bombardier)
Cpt. Leo F Rogers (Pilot)
Seymour E Pekin (Navigator)
Front Left to Right William C Zorn (Tail Gunner)
Sidney W Raffkind (Radio)
Luther G Shipley (Engineer)
Robert W Popelka (Ball Gunner)
James Tharp (Waist Gunner)
Information On The Crew
NAME
POSITION
SERIAL #
BORN
ENLISTED
FROM
DECEASED
Leo F. Rogers
Pilot
18043670
1922
25 January 1941
Tulsa, Ok.
23 September 2001
James L. Bollinger
Co-Pilot
0772266
1923
Sidney W. Raffkind
Radio Operator
18077330
1917
6 November 2005
Potter, Tx.
6 November 1996
Seymour E. Pekin
Navigator
16135146
1923
27 January 1943
Cook, Il.
Norman T. Kanel
Bombardier
13111329
1921
5 February 1943
Pa.
Robert W. Popelka
Ball Turret Gunner
1924
Il.
12 November 1996
Luther G. Shipley
Engineer
34730429
1924
15 April 1943
Hamilton, Tn.
February 1982
William C. Zorn
Tail Gunner
34788362
1924
24 June 1943
Walton, Fl.
16 September 1985
Earl R. Sarko
Waist Gunner
36482799
1924
23 April 1943
Kankakee, Il.
30 September 1993
James Tharp
Waist Gunner
Information provided by Mike Alexander, grandson of Leo F. Rogers
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