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Crew PILOT: Loren C.  VAN STEENIS 

The VanSteenis Crew 13 - Flight and Ground Crew - 1944 (left to right)

Standing: M/Sgt Glenn Meyers (Crew Chief), S/Sgt Peter Sokolosky (Mechanic), S/Sgt Jim Yarnall (Armorer - Flight Crew), S/Sgt Joseph Clouther (WG), S/Sgt Walter Schneider (Armorer and TG), S/Sgt Edward Butchino (Asst. Flight Engineer), Sgt. Amos Hill (Mechanic), Sgt Leonard Mozinski (Mechanic)
Kneeling: S/Sgt Robert Goodman (Asst. ROG and BTG), T/Sgt Archie K. Holladay (Flight Engineer), Lt. Jack Ogg (Co-Pilot), Capt. Loren C. Van Steenis (Pilot), Lt. Harold Becker (Navigator),
Capt Lester Torbett (BOM), T/Sgt Earl V. Benham (ROG)
S/Sgt Joe Couthier was added to the crew to replace Jim Yarnall who was wounded and grounded

CR: 99919

Crew Members:

Crew 1

NBR Person Position Status
1 LT Loren C. VAN STEENIS P CPT
2 LT Jack OGG CP CPT
3 LT Harold C. BECKER NAV KIA
4 LT Lester D. TORBETT BOM CPT
5 T/SGT Archie K. HOLLADAY TTE CPT
6 T/SGT Earl V. BENHAM ROG CPT
7 S/SGT Edward C. BUTCHINO WG CPT
8 S/SGT Joseph V. CLOTHIER WG CPT
9 S/SGT Robert N. GOODMAN WG CPT
10 S/SGT James L. YARNALL WG WIA
11 S/SGT Walter A. SCHNEIDER TG CPT

PHOTOS:

Hard Luck, Jacket of Earl Benham, ROG on the Loren C. Van Steenis crew.

The 350th Loren C. Van Steenis (The Flying Dutchman) Crew; 
Standing from left; Archie K. Holladay - TTE, Robert N. Goodman - BTG, James L. Yarnall - WG, Joseph V. Clouthier - WG, Walter A. Schneider - TG, Edward C. Butchino - WG, Earl V. Benham - ROG

Kneeling from left; Jack Ogg - CP, Loren C. Van Steenis - Pilot. Harold C. Becker - NAV, Lester D. Tolbert - BOM (100th Photo Archives) Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives) 
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 Archie K. Holladay, left and James L. Yarnall of the Van Steenis Crew. (100th Photo Archives) Detailed Information 

 Bob Goodman, BTG and Butch Butchino, TTE of the Van Steenis crew Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives) 

 Loren C. Van Steenis crew. Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives) 

 Part of the Loren C. Van Steenis crew: Earl V. Benham, Edwin C. Butchmino, and Archie K. Holladay - 351st Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives) 

L-R Earl Benham, Edward Butchino, and Arch Holladay