K e n s m e n : 4 3 r d B o m b G r o u p (H), 5 t h A A F | ||
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In foreground: Maj. Gen. George C. Kenny and, most likely, Lt. Col.Carmichael. Lt. Col. Richard H.Carmichael was CO of the 19th Bomb Group. Carmichael led a 16 plane mission of B-17s form Port Moresby to Vunakanu airstrip near Rabaul on August 7, 1942. This is the mission which earned Captain Harl Pease the posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor. |
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