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Replacement Crew
3rd Aircraft of P-21

City of Baraboo
"Renegade"
44-61552
2 3 4


Standing L to R:
1st Lt Ernest D. Smith, Jr. Radar Observer
1st Lt George F. Bucher Bombardier
1st Lt Garvin R. Kowalke Airplane Commander
1st Lt David G. Wagner  Pilot
1st Lt Edward L. Bates Navigator
Kneeling L to R:
Sgt Brooks M. Harris Tail Gunner
Sgt Ronald C. Durbal  Right Gunner
F/O Clarence Lee Holman  Flight Engineer
Sgt Marvin N. Conley Radio Operator
S/Sgt John Tynan*  CFC Gunner
Sgt Eugene L. Dondero Left Gunner

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 Replacement Crew 21 
Honor Roll 
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1st Lt George F. Bucher
Bombardier
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F/O Clarence Lee Holman
Flight Enginner
August 1986
S/Sgt John R. Tynan
Right Gunner
Feb 1968
1st Lt Ernest D. Smith, Jr.
Radar Observer
27 March 1996
Sgt Ronald C. Durbal
Right Gunner
03 January 2003
1st Lt Edward L. Bates
Navigator
26 August 2005
1st Lt David G. Wagner
Pilot
23 April 2010
1st Lt Garvin R. Kowalke
Airplane Commander
17 April 2011

Inasmuch as the crew for this plane was made up from members of several other crews along with what was left of Crew 21, Vic Durrance named this third aircraft, "The Renegade" 
*Tynan served with P-6 prior to this as RG.

Ron and Arline Durbal
Omaha Reunion 1990

61st Squadron Crew Index
Sources: "History of the 39th Bomb Group"