Dads crew after ditching Ruthless. Giles F. Kauffman Crew, 4 October 1943
4 October 1943 Giles Kauffman crew ditched in North Sea in 42-30043 SO*V Ruthless on return from Frankfurt
Back L-R: Jacob Mentola "Jake" Martinez (BT), Peter Seniawski (FG), William "Whataman" Jarrell (TT), George "Hap" Molnar (CP), James Joseph Lacroix (B), Stanley Thomas "Rube" Reuben (TG)
Front L-R: Frank Pogorzelski (N), Paul Spodar (FG), Jules Theodore Beck (RO)
Not pictured: Giles Felker Kauffman, Jr. (P)
Another copy of this photo was contributed by Mark Molnar in 2005 who wrote: "This is a photo of the crew, less pilot Lt. Giles Kaufmann, of the plane Ruthless on October 5, 1943, the day after they ditched in the English Channel."
On that photo, Will Gooden added on 1 Feb 2006: "I recognized my uncle William Jarrell (standing 3rd from left). He was the Flt Engineer who was later shot down on the Black Thursday raid 10/14/43."
Lindsay Molnar, granddaughter of George Molnar, identified her grandfather as standing third from right, on September 26, 2016.
Paul Spodar identified the crew exactly as above at http://paulspodar.x10.mx/Ruthless.htm.
Cindy Farrar Bryan notes: I have updated the identifications on this photo based on Mark and Lindsay Molnar’s and Will Gooden’s comments and comparison with other photos.
Original identifications on this photo were:
Back L-R: unidentified, Peter Seniawsky (FG), Giles Kauffman (P), William Jarrell (TT), James Lacroix (B), Stanley Reuben (TG)
Front L-R: Jacob Martinez? (BT), Paul Spodar? (FG), Jules Beck (RO)
To Be Identified: George Molnar (CP), Frank Pogorzelski (N)
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