Left to right standing: Benjamin Sharkey, Bernard McGlynn, Chester Guzik, John Watson, Joseph Dore, Edward Gibbs

Bottom: Robert Hermann, Alvah Reid, Guy Shurtz, Leonard Alberts

The crew lost an engine over the target at Magdeburg on their eighth mission on 2nd March 45. The aircraft was subsequently hit by flak and a number of crew managed to bail out. Six of the crew went down with the aircraft, three were taken Prisoner Of War. See Casualties Page.