Who:
Back row:
Staff Sergeant Leon C. Smith, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Crew Chief
Corporal Fred J. Farris, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
Sergeant Frank R. Lockwood, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Engineering
Paul Ziegler, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Engineering
Sergeant Ray Kuhlin, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Engineering
Berios, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon
Front row:
Corporal William Denton Dysart (Willie Dysart), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
“Dysart, Smith, Farris, Lookwood, Ziegler, Kuhlen, Berios” (handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Back row:
Staff Sergeant Leon C. Smith, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Crew Chief
Sergeant Frank R. Lockwood, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Engineering
Sergeant Ray Kuhlin, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Engineering
Berios, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon
Front row:
Corporal Donald Krasno, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 4th Photo Tech Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
Corporal William (Willie) Denton Dysart, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
Paul Ziegler, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Engineering
“Smith, Lockwood, Kuhlin, Berios, me, Dysart, Paul Ziegler” (handwritten on back of photo), “Smith, Lockwood, Kuhlen, Berios, Dysart, Ziegler” (handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Corporal Donald Krasno, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 4th Photo Tech Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
“Snow woman!” “It ain’t?” (handwritten on back of photo)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
January, 1945
Who:
Corporal Donald Krasno, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 4th Photo Tech Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Corporal Donald Krasno, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 4th Photo Tech Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
“Rome Oct 44. Mouth open – as usual.” (handwritten on back of photo)
Where:
Rome, Italy
When:
October, 1944
Who:
Sergeant Royal A. Niles, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Public Relations
Corporal Fred J. Farris, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
“Casey” W. Ostrowski, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Camera Tech
William Syzdek (Bill Syzdek), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing Section
“Niles, Farris, Ostrowski, Syzdek” (handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), captured German Luftwaffe bomber
Aircraft: Heinkel He 111H-16, (Wk. Nr. 8433)
Tail number: 8433
Marked: 2B+DC and “Red 4”
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
December 9, 1944
References:
silverhawkauthor.com : “Surrendered in Italy by a defecting Hungarian pilot in Dec 1944. This aircraft was shipped to the USA where it was designated USA FE-1600, later T2-1600. It was probably scrapped at Freeman Field, Indiana in 1946.”
Perhaps the “most serious enemy incursion” of our perimeter was the appearance of a German Heinkel 111 flying over our base one warm lazy afternoon near the war’s end. The pilot circled, requested and was granted permission to land. As Intelligence officer, Lowitt commandeered a car and with Capt. Pappy Gedney rushed to “meet the enemy.” The plane rolled to a stop and with hands held high the pilot, a Hungarian (enemy) officer, who had defected, stepped from the plane. With him was his wife, child and another civilian male. The prisoners were held in squadron quarters until the M.P.’s took the prisoners to Foggia. Pappy Gedney relieved the prisoners of their weapons—but we never knew what happened to the Heinkel. Only now [1994] after our first reunion have we learned from Dale E. Baird, Jr. (Officers Mess) that the German Bomber is on display at the museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. (Albert J. Ostergaard, Eyes Over Europe: The 32nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of San Severo, Italy, 1944–1945, Ellisville, MO, 1996, 35.)
Who:
Corporal Donald Krasno, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 4th Photo Tech Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), captured German Luftwaffe bomber
Aircraft: Heinkel He 111H-16, (Wk. Nr. 8433)
Tail number: 8433
Marked: 2B+DC and “Red 4”
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
December 9, 1944
References:
silverhawkauthor.com : “Surrendered in Italy by a defecting Hungarian pilot in Dec 1944. This aircraft was shipped to the USA where it was designated USA FE-1600, later T2-1600. It was probably scrapped at Freeman Field, Indiana in 1946.”
Perhaps the “most serious enemy incursion” of our perimeter was the appearance of a German Heinkel 111 flying over our base one warm lazy afternoon near the war’s end. The pilot circled, requested and was granted permission to land. As Intelligence officer, Lowitt commandeered a car and with Capt. Pappy Gedney rushed to “meet the enemy.” The plane rolled to a stop and with hands held high the pilot, a Hungarian (enemy) officer, who had defected, stepped from the plane. With him was his wife, child and another civilian male. The prisoners were held in squadron quarters until the M.P.’s took the prisoners to Foggia. Pappy Gedney relieved the prisoners of their weapons—but we never knew what happened to the Heinkel. Only now [1994] after our first reunion have we learned from Dale E. Baird, Jr. (Officers Mess) that the German Bomber is on display at the museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. (Albert J. Ostergaard, Eyes Over Europe: The 32nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron of San Severo, Italy, 1944–1945, Ellisville, MO, 1996, 35.)
Who:
Sergeant Dave Frankel, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
“Dave Frankel” (handwritten on back of photo and handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Corporal William (Willie) Denton Dysart, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
“Dysart” (handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
January, 1945
Who:
Corporal Donald Krasno, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 4th Photo Tech Squadron, Photo Lab Tech
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
“The taming of a mustache” (handwritten on album page)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Elmer Jacobsen, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
“Elmer Jacobsen, Seattle, WA” (handwritten on back of photo), “Jacobsen” (handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
1944 or 1945
Who:
Staff Sergeant Leon C. Smith, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Crew Chief
Corporal William (Willie) Denton Dysart, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
January, 1945
Who:
Corporal William (Willie) Denton Dysart, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Photo Lab Tech, Photo Processing
Staff Sergeant Leon C. Smith, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), Fifteenth Air Force, 5th Photo Group Recon, 32nd Photo Recon Squadron, Crew Chief
“Smitty” (handwritten on album page)
What:
World War II, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Where:
Torre dei Giunchi (Junchi) Airfield – 2.5 miles (4.5km) northeast of San Severo in Apulia, Italy, Torre dei Giunchi video
Location identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
When:
January, 1945