Delta Rebel (No. 2)
323rd Squadron
Lt. Thompson's Crew
Side by Side
Serial # 25077 OR-T
Back Row - Left to Right
S/Sgt. Robert Ziernicki, Asst. Engineer & Left Waist Gunner (Penn.; KIA); S/Sgt. Charles Blonstein, Tail Gunner (Brooklyn; KIA); S/Sgt. Wayne Kienberger, Asst. Radio & Ball Turret Gunner (Minnesota; KIA); T/Sgt. Robert Brooks, Radio Operator & Gunner (Billings, Montana).
Front Row - Left to Right
2nd Lt. Sergie Klimkow, Co-pilot (Chicago); 2nd Lt. George Lausted, Navigator (Buffalo); 2nd Lt. Robert Thompson, Pilot (St. Paul); S/Sgt. Mickey Leyngle, Right Waist Gunner (Pittsburgh; KIA); T/Sgt. Carole Goodwin, Engineer & Top Turret Gunner (Maine).
Not in photo (Wounded in Action)
2nd Lt. Michael Couzzi, Bombardier (Hamilton, Ohio)
Photo contributed by Amy Zielkiewicz
Delta Rebel (No. 2) Factoid - The plane went down 8 August 1943 on a mission to Bruninshausen; 4 KIA, 6 POW.
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