91st Crew Photo,help putting names to faces?

Would help to have the name of the plane and squadron.

Matt -
He flew some of the Missions with Capt. Lay Lead Crew.
1st Mission 7/28/43 Lay Crew
Flew B-17 # 42 - 3162 LL A  " Buccaneer "
2/44 Lt. Gelles was Transferred to 1st Combat
Wing Station #107
Mike
 

Just read from the dailies that on the 16th November mission to Knaben that Lt. Gelles was listed last. That meant he was in the tailgun postion of the plane. The squadron commander was co-pilot on that plane probably in the lead position. The commander always wanted a pilot/co-pilot in the tail to keep tabs on the formation. My dad had to do that once.

Indeed Jack,sadly most of it is now scattered to the four winds.
 
Matt.

As noted by Mike,  Lt Gelles is listed as having transferred from the 91st BG, 401st BS to 1st Combat wing Station #107. This as per 401st dailies. Station #107 is Molesworth, home of the 303rd BG. You may be able to pick up the trail on the 303rd's website at: http://www.303rdbg.com/index.html.  While not as easy to navigate as the 91st BG website, it nonetheless offers a lot of info.
 
Good luck
 
Frank

So far no luck with the A/C or crew shown in the photo. I can add some info to the missions that you've listed.
 
28th July 43. Kassel,Germany.  A/C 42-3162 LL ? "Buccaneer" This was the original Buccaneer, subsequently lost after colliding with another fort over the target area on 12 August 43
 
15th August 43.Vlissekgen,Holland.  A/C42-29816 LL K  "Eager Beaver"

17th August 43.Schweinfurt.  A/C identified in 401st dailies as A/C 639, however no such tail # exsist in the 401st A/C assignment list. This might be A/C 41-24639 OR W "The Careful Virgin", belonging to the 323rd BS

3rd September 43.Romilly-Sur-seine,France.  A/C 42-29591 LL Z "The Shamrock Special"

6th September 43.Stuttgart,Germany.  A/C 42-5379 ?? ?  "Yankee Eagle"

15th September 43.Romilly,France.  A/C 42-29591 LL Z "The Shamrock Special"

16th November 43.Knaben,Germany.  A/C 42-5729 LL E  "Piccadilly Commando", at some point renamed "Buccaneer".
 
Sorry I didn't think to record the pilots name when I was matching tail #'s to A/C names.  Lay was the pilot on a lot of these mission. Then there is the curious two month gap between 15 Sept and 16 Nov, at which time, Lt Gelles is listed last on the load list indicating he was the tailgunner. I know this is not unheard of, but I find it interesting. 2 1/2 months, (and no missions), later he would transfer to the 303rd BG.
 
Every answer revealed opens 10 unanswered questions
 
Frank