Harry H. Crosby as 100th Bomb Group Navigator

"Another milk run [easy mission]. We bombed an airfield and marshaling yard in Béziers. We did a good job. Little flak and no fighters."

Caption:
After the harrowing losses of 1943, Crosby and his fellow crew members found less opposition in 1944 and 1945. However, navigational challenges increased as missions moved deeper into central Europe.
Type: Photograph
Image Date: 1944
Image Taken: England
Credit: Rebecca Crosby Hutchinson
Origin: Rebecca Crosby Hutchinson
Crosby Papers
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After the harrowing losses of 1943, Crosby and his fellow crew members found less opposition in 1944 and 1945. However, navigational challenges increased as missions moved deeper into central Europe.