Falkner - #8/29
Falkner, Robert D., Pilot
Reil, Walter O., Co-Pilot
Black, Wm Bruce, Navigator
Beckman, Verner R., Bombardier
Dangerfield, Norman, Gunner
Davis, Robert E., Engineer/Gunner
Flannery, Cornelius M., Gunner
Nash, William L. Jr., Engineer/Gunner
Webb, Theodore R., Gunner
Courtesy of Richard Smith
Lt. Falkner painting the nose art of #48, Flying Shit House
Capt. Robert D. Falkner, a veteran of 12 years' duty with the Air Force, served as freshman instructor. Before coming to Ohio University he was chief of flight test at the Douglas Aircraft Company and Norton Air Force Base, flying C-124 Globemasters.
Captain Falkner flew B-26s in Korea and B-24s in the European theater during World War II. He was shot down in 1944 and forced to elude the enemy through Austria, Italy, and Yugoslavia before being rescued and flown out of Yugoslavia by the Russians. The Air Force veteran is a 1941 graduate of Miami (Ohio) University.
Courtesy of Richard Smith
Standing L-R: ?????; Lt. Robert G. Smith; ?????; Lt. Robert D. Falkner; ?????
Kneeling L-R: ?????; S/Sgt. Carl Montuori; ?????
Courtesy of Richard Smith
Lt. Robert G. Smith and Lt. Robert D. Falkner
Kneeling: Verner R. Beckman