First B-17 Crew to Bomb Berlin – 482nd Bomb Group, 813th Bomb Squadron, Crew of Lt. Bill Owen – Kneeling from Left to right – Lts. William V. Owen, Columbus, Ohio, pilot; Marshall J. Thixton, Corsicana, Tex, Bombardier: Albert J Englehart, Chicago, navigator; Frank L. McAllister, Omak Wash. Co-pilot.
Standing from left to right - Tech Sgt. Donald E. White, North Bennington Vt., engineer/top turret; Staff Sgts. Harlan R. Sours, Luray. VA, tail gunner; Edmond R. Aiken, Elkville, Ill., radio operator; George E. Moffat, Grosse Point, Mich., ball turret. John J. O’Neil, Jr. Malden Mass. And Ellsworth A. Beans. Pittsburgh, waist gunners; Also aboard but not pictured was an observer, Lt. W.G. Milton, Brooklyn, N.Y.
