Kansas

T/Sgt William Gilbert Pierce was radio operator on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. T/Sgt Pierce was from Coffey County...

Henry M. Geist, from 402 Jefferson, Ellis, Kansas. 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group.

Irwin W. Hayden, from Atwood, Kansas. 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group.

Pvt. Ammon M. Teeter, from Grinnell, Kansas. 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group.

Pvt. John F. Schuhart in training stateside, #373331100, 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company (2005th Ord. M. Co.-A.F.), 28th Air Depot Group. Later Sgt. Schuhart was stationed at locations such as APO 492 (Barrackpore, India), and at least some of the photos were sent from there to his mother, Mrs. Anna Schuhart, in Selden, Kansas (for 9 cents). During training before deployment...

Crew during training, at Smoky Hill Air Base, Salina, Kansas, November 1942. Rear: Russell F. Doman, Eduard Jean Charlet, unknown. Middle: Unknown, George P. Sibulski, Thomas L. Grady. Front (kneeling): Walter Kappel.