Bill & Sharon Krause > Sharon Dad's A-2 Jacket and "Secrut Weapin" photo
Bill & Sharon Krause > The "Bell crew" of the the B-24 "SECRUT WEAPIN": 42-100224
Bill & Sharon Krause > Crew member list from "506" photo.  Unfortunately, all except AJ Bell (now age 90) are deceased.
Bill & Sharon Krause > Sharon Dad's A-2 Jacket and "Secrut Weapin" photo
Bill & Sharon Krause > Bell Crew of 7th AAF, 11th Bomb Group, 98th Bomb Squadron taken in front of another plane. Sharon's Dad is standing, second from the left. See list for the other crew.
Bill & Sharon Krause > "SECRUT WEAPIN"  This was Sharon's fathers plane on which he was the Bombardier. He flew 11 missions in this plane. He flew a total of  39 missions out of Guam during 1944 and 1945. (The plane shows 40 missions, as other crews used the plane.) Some of the other planes (last three digits of the serial number, number of missions) the crew flew were Stripped for Action (#501, 6), Miss Traveler (#530, 3), Wonderous Wonda (#562, 1), Super Baby (#873, 6), Bodacious Idit (#948, 2) and Tricky Micky (#960, 1). Un named planes were: serial numbers: 468 (3), 469 (2), 474 (1), 518 (1), 681 (1), and 848 (1). The nose art for the named planes can be found on: www.b24bestweb.com
Bill & Sharon Krause > Sharon Dad's A-2 Jacket and "Secrut Weapin" photo
Bill & Sharon Krause > The back of his jacket. Only he and his pilot, Alan "AJ" Bell had their jackets painted. AJ said the artwork cost them 20 bottles of beer (they didn't drink them anyway)!
Sharon Dad's A-2 Jacket and "Secrut Weapin" photo
See photo in gallery

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