44-6198 Dollar 98
Delivered Tulsa 28/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1/1/44 with Tom Rybovich, Co-pilot: Pat Farwell, Navigator: Don Maine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Staup, Radio Operator: Don Parkins, Ball turret gunner: Harry Gross, Waist gunner: Bill May,Tail gunner: Rich Blackry (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Harry Ayers (MIA, but later found to have bailed out OK and returned to base from Yugoslavia; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with Bob Trowbridge, Co-pilot: Bill Struby, Bombardier: Arthur Hauft, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dozier Linder, Radio Operator: Ira Cox, Ball turret gunner: Don Moon, Waist gunner: Ed Fry, Waist gunner: Leigh Fuller,Tail gunner: Rich Schade (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Allen Swain (Killed in Action); flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 12461. DOLLAR 98.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38494426
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33763314
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 42030388
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12083551
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34775580
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Battle damaged |
Graz, Austria | 1 January 1944 | Severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1-Jan-44; Bombardier baled out over Yugoslavia. |
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Delivered |
Tulsa AAF, OK | 28 May 1944 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 28-May-44. |
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Assigned |
Amendola airfield, Italy | 4 July 1944 | Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Crashed |
Papa, Hungary | 21 February 1945 | Missing in Action Vienna 21-Feb-45; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; MACR 12461. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Douglas. |