Taken 4 December 1943 at Hawthorne School of Aeronautics, Hawthorne Field, Orangeburg, S.C. Graduation day from Primary School, A.A.F, for calss SE44D.
L-R: Pinkawski from Chicago, Estes from Walton, NY, Mr. R. J. Sexton, instructor, from Detroit, Blaney from Toranto, Canada, Basel from Detroit, and Bissinger from Philadelphia. Photo: Bob Estes (son)
Part of US Hundredth Bombardment Group (HEAVY) aka "The Bloody Hundredth"