Front row (L to R): Reed Hanks, James E. Wolck, Joe T. Buie, Frank Mandicino. Standing (L to R): John Leonard, Ed Goettel, James Nichols, Harry Horowitz. (Not photographed: Ivan Briggs, Gerald Smith). (submitted by Frank mandicino, Jr.)
The Goettel crew flew "Lady from Hell." On one mission the aircraft was badly shot up, but returned to Sudbury. LT Goettel was wounded and lost an eye. He was eventually transferred out of the 486th. The remainder of his crew were transferred elsewhere. SGT Hanks was transferred to the 98th BG, 415 SQD based in Italy (15th AF).
| CREW INFO | |||||
| Name | Rank | Position | First Mission | Last Mission | Status |
| Goettel, Edwin C. | 2nd LT | Pilot | 05/09/44 | WIA, transferred. | |
| Briggs, Ivan L. | 2nd LT | Pilot | |||
| Nichols, James | 2nd LT | Navigator | |||
| Leonard, John J. | 2nd LT | Bombardier | |||
| Smith, Gerald C. | SGT | Flight Engineer | |||
| Mandicino, Frank, Jr | SGT | Radio Operator | |||
| Buie, Joseph T. | SGT | Armor/Tail | |||
| Hanks, Read T. | SGT | Top | Transferred. | ||
| Wolck, James E. | SGT | Nose | |||
| Horowitz, Harold J. | SGT | Ball | |||
| Silva, Joseph | Crew Chief | ||||
| MISSION INFO | |||||
| Mission | Date | Name | ID | S/N | Type |
| 003 | 05/09/44 | Lady from Hell | PH | 42-52681 | B24H |
| 004 | 05/11/44 | Lady from hell | PH | 42-52681 | B24H |
| 006 | 05/23/44 | Lady from Hell | PH | 42-52681 | B24H |
| 007 | 05/24/44 | Lady from Hell | PH | 42-52681 | B24H |
| 012 | 05/30/44 | Lady from Hell | PH | 42-52681 | B24H |
| 022 | 06/14/44 | Libra | DC | 42-52508 | B24H |
| Created: 10/10/99 | Modified: 05/24/07 |
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