43-9903
Assigned to 643BS, 409BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) mission to Campagne-lès-Hesdin. Hit by flak over target, headed for base, having crossed the French coast, crew ordered to bale out. 2 x RTD, 1 x KIA. MACR 12274.
Crew: Pilot 1Lt Baron S Walden Jr, Mech/Gunner S/Sgt Lawrence F Schoettker, Arm/Gunner S/Sgt Harold O Walgren.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 409th Bomb Group 643rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35685413
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Mech/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 409th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35267620 / O-749217
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 409th Bomb Group 643rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16003397
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Armourer / Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Hadstock
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 2 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) mission to Campagne-lès-Hesdin. Hit by flak over target, headed for base, having crossed the French coast, crew ordered to bale out. 2 x RTD, 1 x KIA. MACR 12274. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA | Built at Douglas | |
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Delivered |
California, USA | Delivered to USAAF. | |
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Assigned |
Little Walden, Saffron Walden CB10, UK | Assigned to 643BS, 409BG, 9AF USAAF. |