41-28913

media-45604.jpeg UPL 45604 B-24H-15-DT #41-28913 Code: #67
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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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13176336
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2061068
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33642083
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Engineer / waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33597030
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Nose turret gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17097608
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

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Assigned

Torreto, Italy 3 April 1944 Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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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Corrected squadron from 787th BS to 767th BS.

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Corrected spelling of pilot's last name from Gavlan to Galvan.

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