 Husky
Guys
[Palermo. Sicily 18 November 1943]
[l-r] 2nd Lt Lyle A. Foutz, F/O Bertram Dilks, F/O C. [Charles W. ?]
Dorney some 4 months after the Operation Husky invasion.
Pre-flight Confab
F/O Dilks (left) chats with flight crew members, date and
location unknown
Observation
F/O Dilks [foreground] and his crew stand near a CG-4A Waco
glider while watching other aircraft taking off at Folkingham
airfield. The lieutenant standing behind Dilks is presumed to
be Aubrey Cullen. |
Flight Crew of C-47
#42-25702
Prior To Take-Off, 5 June 1944
[l-r] F/O Bartram H. Dilks [pilot], Lt Vincent K. Prince
[co-pilot],
TSgt George Waterman [crew chief], Cpl William Hauptman [radio
operator]. Not pictured is Navigator 2/Lt Aubrey P. Cullen.
Invasion Bound
C-47 #42-25702 is seen here in this undated photo without invasion
stripes
British Para-racks
slung under the wing of C-47 #42-25702 carry important equipment
and munitions |
