Top Row: Cash, gunner; Bob
Anderson, bombardier, Shivers, co-pilot; Silva, pilot; Culver Ross,
navigator
Bottom row: Priebe;
John Webster McMullen - Gunner;
Coakley; Blount; Iwanski
"This crew was what dad
called their buddy crew. The Raidin’ Maiden pictured was a radar
plane with the “Mickey” radar in place of the ball turret. As
far as my research goes, this B17 survived the war. My dad, Lt.
Ernst Decker flew as bombardier in this plane as necessary, and
received the DFC for leading the 463rd Group in on an
extremely successful bomb run on the cloud-covered target,
Moosbierbaum, Austria, on Jan. 31, 1945. (Below is) a pic of dad
in front of Raidin’ Maiden after his 52nd, and last,
mission."
Photo on Right is of
John Webster McMullen, Gunner -
Photo Courtesy of Pam Forbes, daughter of John McMullen
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