I was hanging my newly framed image of Harry Wershiner, the Observer/Gunner for Marine pilot Everett Brewer next to an image that I purchased several years ago. When I had them side by side, it occurred to me that the officer on the right bore a striking resemblance to Everett Brewer. I dug out a couple of the photos that originally came with the Brewer group and - I think the image is of Brewer. This has gone unnoticed by me for years. What do you guys think?

 

 

 

Check out the hair wave - Tell me it ain't so!

Yep, looks like it.

Sure looks like him. Since you have the photos in hand, look closely at the ears. They are always a dead give away when you can't look directly at the face.

Jim took the words out of my mouth. The guy in the un-named photo has a very distinctive lower ear lobe. I can't tell if it matches the other photo...

This should help.

Dick

Folks, I really think it's Brewer. The mouth, nose, and wave in the hair, eve the eyebrows indicate (to me) the same guy.

 

The ears play weel too. DJ - Keep it coming - I need a consensus!!DJ

Wow, CSI on USMF!!!!

Do they both have the mole on the lip? On the identified pic (in whites), there apears to be a mole on his lip. If it is there on the other than it looks like you struck gold.

Bob

Do they both have the mole on the lip? On the identified pic (in whites), there apears to be a mole on his lip. If it is there on the other than it looks like you struck gold.

Bob

Bob, Can't tell from these photos - They are the only ones I have.

I saw something in post 5, but it's not there in post 9.

Too many similarities not to be the same guy....and I'm not aware of any secret cloning projects in WW1.

Opinion only - top of ear looks different to me, hairlines are distinctly different above and below the temple. That said, the resemblance is remarkable. If not the same guy, could these two be related?

Tough call to say for 100% sure but he does look very similar to the un-named officer in your photo. :think:

I am not as sure as the others. One great difference I see is in the noses. The guy on the left has more "opened" nostrils, whereas the nose of the man on the right is flat across the bottom. Also, the man on the left has a bump in the middle of his nose. The other man has a smooth nose. It is more evident in the second photo of him.

Some of the differences could be laid to different photographers at different times using different equipment and

different lighting, processing,etc.

Dennis, they are hauntingly similar, the ears... one curves into jaw bone, the other moves straight in to the jaw bone :dunno: s/f Darrell

IMO the ears are way to different they do look similar facially almost like they could be brothers but i believe they're pictures of two different men ?

Opinion only - top of ear looks different to me, hairlines are distinctly different above and below the temple. That said, the resemblance is remarkable. If not the same guy, could these two be related?

The ears do not look the same, but then again, I think someone flipped the original image so that we are looking at a right and left ear. I have some striking differences in my ears, so I think the ears are a mute point here. The eyebrows, hairstyle, and nose are pretty close ringers. The hairline is seen from different angles and looks like there are differences there, but when you look at the small amount of blonde Marine aviators...this is pretty conclusive. I think it is hands down your guy.

 

Mike

The two gentlemen indeed look very similar, but I have to say that I think it is two different people based on 4 comparison points as the picture shows below.

 

The pictures was 'desaturated' so the color of each were fairly similar for easier comparison.

 

 

Ok so lets look at the pictures, though the mole is a pretty good give away that it is not the same person let's look at some major facial features.

 

1) The ears are not the same, not even very close in my opinion, the ear lobes are not the same, but more obvious is the "antihelix body" (the Y looking part on the top of the ear). If you look at the picture on the right, it is distinctly seperated and the two ends on the Y are very narrow and well defined, now look at the picture on the left, the Y is very smooth and a lot shorter.

 

2) The tip of the nose on the left side picture looks a lot 'taller' and rounder then the picture on the right, which appears more flattened. Though this is the weekest area of comparison based on these two pictures

 

3) The lips are shaped very differently. The left picture shows a fairly full upper lip, and the lower lip is very straight. The right side picture have a 'shallow' or more of a thinner upper lip, as well as a distinct lower lip.

 

4) The hair line on the left picture is distinctivly higher up then the one on the right hand side picture. In short, the person on the left's hair line is a lot more recessed then the one on the the right.

 

That is the basis of my very much non expert conclusion.

Sorry but I think that these are two different people. The ear lobes are completely different. One has a lobe that meets the cheek with a gradual line and the other has a lobe that hangs down lower and its one of those features that you either have or you don't and they go in pairs!! Would have been really nice if it were the same man but I am 100% positive thats its not

 

Although the guy on the right could easily be a young Ed Harris. Ok, decades before he was born but still....

 

Rob

The ears and the jawline look different to me. But, they sure look like brothers or at least related.