Above information courtesy of 450th Bomb Group (H) The "Cottontails" of WWII
and Turner Publishing Company
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January 1943
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June 1945
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June 1945
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Left Front - Howard Davis, CO. The tall man in center is Gordon Colley
Right Front - Captain J.S. Clark.
Taken in front of the day room in Manduria, Italy 1943
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721st ground crew
Front Row - 2nd from left - Red Taylor, Sidney Scherick
Back Row - 2nd from left - Floyd Perkins
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Gene Lewis (left) & Floyd Perkins (right), Manduria
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3rd from left is Floyd Perkins
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Floyd Perkins
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Day Room
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Day Room
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Day Room
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Outside View of Day Room
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"Pop" Higgins is 2nd from left, 2nd from right is Gene Lewis, Floyd Perkins is far right
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Cole Landstron
The next generation of the Perkin's family looks over the 450th BG Commerative Plaque in Dayton Ohio
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