Oklahoma

Flight crew #5308 at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, with F-7A/B-24 "Pvt. Peggy-I," serial #42-40433 at the end of stateside training before being sent overseas. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force. Back: Sgt. William L. Ferrington, 2nd Lt. Thurston P. Hooper, 2nd Lt. William J. Rumler, 2nd Lt. Gordon T. Howes, Sgt. Jerry F. Perelli Front...

L B Kriner was a gunner on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. He was the son of Walter R...