Delivered Cheyenne 20/2/44; Rapid City 8/3/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44 STRICTLY FROM HUNGER; no ops, transferred 365BS/305BG [XK- ] Chelveston 7/5/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 21/7/44 with Leon Kornblau, Co-pilot: Bernie Radomski, Navigator: Chas Woolf, Ball turret gunner: Meredith Mills,Tail gunner: Frank Misiak (5 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Bill Boyd, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Theed, Radio Operator: Roger Gagnon, Waist gunner: Irvin Hughes (4 Prisoner of War); flak hit three times, aircraft lost control, crashed Lauterbach, S of Fraeudenstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7276.



1Lt Leonard A Kornblau, 2Lt Bernard E Radomski, 2Lt Charles E Woolf , S/Sgt Meredith M Mills Jr, S/Sgt Frank L Misiak were murdered after surrendering. Three flyers while being marched from Urach to Schollach were killed by Gottlieb Werner, Max Matthes (Tax Collector) and Fritz Kuner. Two other flyers were led from the Schollach City Hall (47°59'8"N / 8°14'53"E) to woods locally know as Winterwald and shot and killed by Heinrich Birnbreier, Josef Eiselt and Arthur Faller.

Gottlieb Werner , Heinrich Birnbreier on 5 December 1947 at Landsberg Prison.

Arthur Faller was excuted on 4 December 1947 at Landsberg Prison.

Neurenburg War Crimes Case No: 12-779