[researcher111]

Yes you may be right on your presumtions , normally the Lib would be manned
by 10 or more , however in various cases even by 14 if Mickey type Lib and in
other cases crew would lack a Nav or Bombardier or more crew members and
be flown by 8 or 7 crew members. 450 BG states he was Pvt but may have been
promoted after death . Considering the lone survivor the acft may have caught fire
and exploded .

Strange I could not locate any crew photos or material, I therefore presume must
have been a new crew who just arrived to Manduria not really known
to the other crews and the Group