Crew Posing with Bomber Plane

(Original Caption) The crew of this flying fortress named their big bomber Mr. Smith because they reasoned that their fight was for all the Mr. Smiths, or average Americans, who just wanted to go on living in the American way. Left to right (standing) S/Sgt. Raymond W. Gould, Meadville, Pa.; Sgt, Gunner Jacobs; T/Sgt. Merritt F. Andrews, Jamestown, N.Y.; T/Sgt. Donald Hughes, Ronan, Mo.; S/Sgt. Edward F. Berkowski, Buffalo, N.Y.; S.Sgt Loren R. Johnson, Dayton, Ohio, and S.Sgt. Harold B. Gilbert, Auburn, Maine. Kneeling (left to right) 2/Lt. Hugh A. Cuttell, Columbus, Ohio; 2/Lt. Sidney E. Colthrope, Toledo, Ohio; Lt. Chester L. Doron, Rochester, N.Y., and 2/Lt. William E. Wheeler, Syracuse, N.Y.