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The following pictures were sent by Tom Redding, son of the late Floyd Redding.
The younger Mr. Redding's descriptions of the pictures follow, in quotes...


Floyd Redding's flight crew. "The 1st photo (...CO43.jpg) is of my Dad's (Floyd Redding) flight crew in their training school in Colorado. The label he has for this pic is - Crew Training, Pueblo, Colorado, Nov. 1943. The crew names are as follows - 1st Row Kneeling (from Lft to Rt) - 1st = Francis Campbell - Fight Engineer, 2nd = Frank Hanchruk - Asst. Flt. Engr., 3rd = Michael McNamara - Radio Oper., 4th = John Cleto - Gunner, 5th - Unnamed - Gunner, 6th - Unamed - Gunner.

2nd Row Standing (from Lft to Rt) - 1st = James Bradford - Pilot, 2nd = Floyd Redding - CoPilot, 3rd = James V. Brown - Navigator, 4th = Robert Donahue - Bombardier"



Floyd Redding's flight crew in Nadszab - without the jackets on. "The label he [Floyd Redding] put on this picture is - 43rd Bomb Group, 63 Sqdn, Nadszab, New Guinna, April 1944. The names in the picture are as follows - 1st Row Kneeling (from Lft to Rt) - 1st = James Bradford - Pilot, 2nd = Floyd Redding - CoPilot, 3rd = Francis Campbell - Flight Engineer, 4th = James V. Brown - Navigator, 5th = Robert Donahue - Bombardier.

2nd Row Standing (from Lft to Rt) - 1st = John Cleto - Tail Gunner, 2nd = Michael McNamara - Radio Oper., 3rd = Frank Hancharuk - Asst. Flt. Engr., 4th = Charles Donohoe - Waist Gunner, 5th = Frederick Gibson - Radar Operator.



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