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Delivered Cheyenne 10/2/44; Kearney 4/3/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 748BS/457BG Glatton 31/3/44; detailed mission with Owen Coffman, Co-pilot: Stewart Barnes, Navigator: Joe Paddock, Bombardier: Lowell Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Logan, Ball turret gunner: Jim Hilty, Waist gunner: Don Moore (7 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Lloyd Larson, Waist gunner: Morris Walker,Tail gunner: John Medica (3 Returned to Duty); after caught in prop wash in clouds crashed Park Farm, Hoxne, Sfk. 21/4/44. Salvaged 23/4/45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Revisions
This information is from the webmaster/lead historian of the 457th Bomb Group Association and the Accident Report on this planes crash.