Hamilton Heroes Photos
Miscellaneous Pictures of our World War II Vets

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John Bentley Upon reaching their destination, John would crawl under the dashboard wearing all his gear and parachute, and squeeze into the glassed-in area at the front of the plane. Lying face down to take photos through the optically-pure glass nose, it was as if floating 40,000 feet in space-with nothing above or below. Wearing an oxygen mask in the tiny, cold compartment, John took photos after placing the large camera over top of a small, finely-etched portion of glass used as a grid...

Jeanne sailed over to England after the War,
and John and Jeanne were married shortly after
John's release from the RAF in 1946