41-28913
461st BG - 767th BS - 15th AF
Object Number - UPL 45604 - B-24H-15-DT #41-28913 Code: #67 461st BG - 767th BS - 15th AF
Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery with Galvan crew; set upon by FW-190s, #3 engine set alight, both waist gunners and tail gunner wounded, fell out of formation, attempted to make it to friendly territory, force landed Roznava. 10 x POW MACR 10652
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19103687 / O-672598
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14190188 / O-826433
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19203495
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16167163 / O-2057763
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14153678
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Assigned |
Torreto, Italy | 3 April 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Crashed |
Roznava, Slovakia | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 41-28913; shot down by Fw190. POW MACR 10652 |
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