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B-24 "Tough Titti" and Crew

B-24 "Tough Titti" and Crew during WWII (likely inside a revetment in SW China): L to R standing:  LT/ Kaestner;  Pilot LT/ Apsega; Co-pilot LT/ Crawford; Navigator Lt/ Adelson; bombardier Sitting L to R - Sergeants: Mann; Gunner Young; Gunner Smith; Engineer Jones; asst. Engineer Luebers; radio Operator Bartell, Donald J.; Armorer Gunner 
Donald J. Bartell, was an armoured aerial gunner, tail gunnerm and ball turret gunner on Tough Titti serving in the CBI from January 14th, 1944 to August 15th 1944. He was shot down in southern China. He was awarded the distinguished Flying Cross medal September 22nd 1944. He talked very little about the war with his family, only "I'm not a hero, just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Donald J. Bartell, was an armored aerial gunner, tail gunner, and ball turret gunner on B-24 "Tough Titti," serving in the CBI from January 14th, 1944 to August 15th 1944. He was shot down in southern China. He was awarded the distinguished Flying Cross medal September 22nd 1944. He talked very little about the war with his family, only "I'm not a hero, just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

 

B-24 "Tough Titti" and Crew during WWII (likely inside a revetment in SW China):

L to R standing: 

LT/ Kaestner;  Pilot

LT/ Apsega; Co-pilot

LT/ Crawford; Navigator

Lt/ Adelson; bombardier

 

Sitting L to R - Sergeants:

Mann; Gunner

Young; Gunner

Smith; Engineer

Jones; asst. Engineer

Luebers; radio Operator

Bartell, Donald J.; Armorer Gunner 

(Thanks A. Cope!)

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