Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-M] Bangor 2/9/42; Bassingbourn 26/9/42; Missing in Action 10+m Kiel 14/5/43 with Bill Broley, Co-pilot: Albert Davies, Navigator: Armando Ambalagi, Bombardier: Joe Darmiento, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Clyne, Radio Operator: Lowell Dawson, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jones, Waist gunner: Ed Casparriello, Waist gunner: Ken Donovan,Tail gunner: Ken Greer (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft in heavy attack, KO’d #2 and rudder damaged, headed home but ditched North Sea, near Amrum Is. (Frisians), no trace of crew. Missing Air Crew Report 15498. HELL'S ANGELS.
Service
Units
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Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
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People
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 41-24481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
Air Medal, Purple Heart
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-17 #4124481 'Hell's Angels. ' Killed in Action (KIA).
AM, PH
Missions
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14 May 1943
Today's operations will be the most extensive yet mounted by VIII Bomber Command. The operations call for a "maximum effort". Whereas in the past a single target or those close together have been chosen, today's effort is against widley separated...
Places
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Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Events
Event |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea |
14 May 1943 |
On 14 May 1943 at 12.30 hours a B-17 was last seen west of the island of Amrum after a bombing raid on Kiel.
Then one of its four engines had stopped, and a large hole in the rudder was noticed. The plane must have crashed into the North Sea. All of the crew perished.
A/A Fire: Moderate and inaccurate. Enemy Opposition: 50 FW190s and Me109s attacked at 1146 and continued until 1234 hours
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