DUNN J W 2nd Lt 414 Bomb Sqn

Signature for 2nd Lt J W Dunn is number 5 on the ceiling panel. Signed the ceiling on the 26/6/194a week as that historic flight

Photo shows the 414th Bomb Sqn crew at Polebrook in front of Yankee Doodle B-17E (41-9023) that took part in the historic first All American USAAF bombing mission over Sotteville Marshalling Yards in German occupied Rouen, France on 17th August 1942 escorted by RAF Spitfires.

BACK ROW Left to Right: 2nd Lt James W Dunn (Navigator), 2nd Lt Carl E Schultz (Bombardier) Captain Rudolph E Flack (414th Sqn Mission Commander/Flight Leader) (Pilot)
2nd Lt John R Dowswell (Co-pilot), 2nd Lt Will A Hadden (Did not fly on this mission; replaced by Brigadier General Ira C Eaker)

FRONT ROW Left to Right: Sgt Schiller Cohen (Did not fly on the Yankee Doodle but with Big Punk) Staff/Sgt Edwin N Breedlove (Radio Operator), Sgt Ernest B Clark (Ball Turret Gunner), Staff/Sgt Paul W Haygreen (Top Turret Gunner), Sgt Raymond C Lewis (Tail Gunner), Sgt Frank Hayes (Waist Gunner)