B-24J "Jungle Jig", Number 83, Radio Call Code "Lulu 83"
(Standing, L. to R.) Frederic N. "Bam" Hernandez (Bombardier); Harold A. West (Navigator);
The Crew flew from Miami on 22 February 1944 to Karachi in a C-54 cargo plane of the Air Transport Command. There were aluminum bucket seats with the backs to the sides of the plane with cargo lashed to the floor between the seats. Their stops included: San Juan, Puerto Rico; Georgetown, Guiana; Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island; The Gold Coast, Africa; Khartoum, Sudan; Masirah Island (off of Oman and finally Karachi, India on 27 February 1944. Karachi was the main assignment and relocation base in the CBI for the 10th Army Air Force.
- killed while with another crew, in the crash of B-24 44-40573, the "Esky II", while attempting to take off from Chenkung airfield on mission of 13 July 1944.
Charles F. Motley, Jr. - August 8, 1970 in Dallas County, TX.
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TENNENT CREW MEMBER PHOTOGRAPHS
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Grandfather's original crew
"Crew 67" of the 10thAF / 7th BG / 492nd BS
John M. Conrad (Co-Pilot); Donald H. Tennent (Pilot)
(Front row, L. to R.) Edward L. Moss; Norman P. Long (Asst. Engineer/Waist Gunner); Tony R. Johns (Engineer); Charles F. Motley, Jr.; Hugh J. Courtney (Top Turret); Roy C. Schroeder (Ball Turret)
ON THEIR WAY TO THE WAR
"Crew 67" - Miami 1943 On their way to India
Kneeling: Donald H. Tennent
Standing (L. to R.): Hugh Courtney, Roy Schroeder, Tony Johns, Charles Motley Jr. and my grandfather - Fred "Bam" Hernandez
Surviving Members of B-24 "Crew 67
'(circa 1996):
Donald H. Tennent, Roy Schroeder, Hugh Courtney, John M. "Jack" Conrad
(Not pictured: Norman Long)
Harold West, Tony Johns, Charles Motley, Jr. and Edward Moss
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Harold A. West - Killed In Action, July 13, 1944 in China
Edward L. Moss - September 24, 1977 in Kannapolis, NC.
Tony R. Johns - August 28, 1995 in Mattoon, IL.
Norman P. Long - November 2, 2001 in Reading, PA.
Donald H. Tennent - April 24, 2002 in Albuquerque, NM.
Roy C. Schroeder - July 20, 2006 in Green Township, OH.
John M. Conrad - May 16, 2007 in Fairbury, NE.
Hugh Courtney - March 29, 2010 in Monroe, NY.
Rest In Peace, Gentlemen
(Photo Courtesy of Hugh Courtney/Jeff McNamee)
Left-Right: Donald Tennent, Frederic Hernandez, Jack Conrad, Norman Long
Unknown, Hugh Courtney, Edward Moss, Roy Schroeder, Harold West, Unknown
Back, Left-Right: Unk., Unk., Unk., Unk., Roy Schroeder, Hugh Courtney, Norman Long
Front, Left-Right: Donald Tennent, John Zehren, Frederic Hernandez
Donald Tennent
Donald Tennent - Casper, WY
Left to right: Donald Tennent, Unknown, Robert S. Mitchell
Left to right: Donald Tennent, Robert S. Mitchell
Hugh Courtney (New York)
Jack Conrad (Nebraska) with Tom Collins at top right photo
Robert S. Mitchell, Jack Conrad, Tom Purl
Tony Johns, Engineer
Tony Johns, Fred Hernandez, Unknown -China, 1943
Norman Long (New York)
Roy Schroeder(Ohio)
Left to right: Robert Crosson, Donald Tennent, John Folander, John Zehren
(I.D. Courtesy of Joe Zehren)
Flight Logs of John Zehren - 1944
Recollections of Robert Crosson
Letting off a little steam. Unk., Squadron Officer of 492nd BS, Donald Tennent
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