2LT John B. Whiteside Crew, 547th BS
Replacement crew assigned to the 547th BS in December 1944. This crew made a crash-landing aboard B-17G 42-97263 "Lady Margaret" at Grafton-Underwood on January 10, 1945. With a full bomb and fuel load, the #1 engine caught fire on the take-off roll and then #2 lost power. The plane came down in a cabbage field. Miraculously, all 9 crewmen survived. The crew went on to finish their combat tour, and flew through April 1945.
BACK ROW L-R: TSGT Roland Dube (RO), SGT Howard E. Shields (BT), SGT Robert E. Huff (TOG), SGT Lee R. Bergner (WG), SGT Emmett G. Dupas (TG)
FRONT ROW L-R: LT Alfred N. Minor (N), LT John B. Whiteside (P), LT John C. Moxley (CP), TSGT Frank A. Sayers (TT)
BACK ROW L-R: SGT Lee R. Bergner (WG), SGT Emmett G. Bupas (TG), TSGT Frank A. Sayers (TT), SGT Howard E. Shields (BT), Unidentified (TOG).
FRONT ROW L-R: LT John C. Moxley (CP), LT John B. Whiteside (P), LT Sparks (N), TSGT Roland Dube (RO)