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Delivered Denver 19/11/43; Gr Island 1/12/43; Presque Is 10/12/43; Assigned 533BS/381BG [VP-U] Ridgewell 13/1/44; on mission to Augsburg 16/3/44 with Rudi Duncan, Waist gunner: Bill Yanzek bailed out when fire broke out in cockpit- Prisoner of War); Missing in Action 29m Berlin 19/5/44 with Earl Sharp, Co-pilot: Dorance Garner, Bombardier: Francis Britenbaker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jarrett Schoepf, Radio Operator: Bill Suchy, Ball turret gunner: Merrill Pennybacker, Waist gunner: Gerald Rutigliano, Tail gunner: Follis Bratton (8 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Wayne Hardwick (KIA - chute failed); flak, crashed Adlig-Reetz, NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4932.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15382463
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12159853
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38339098
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803881
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32668063
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Tail Gunner
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 16 March 1944 | |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 May 1944 |