42-30038 Bar Fly
Delivered Cheyenne 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 4/5/43; Hill 12/5/43; Wendover 16/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR-D] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; Missing in Action convoy attack 25/6/43 with Paul Schmalenbach, Co-pilot: George Cox, Bombardier: Jack Clark, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Gene Beck, Waist gunner: Tony Russo, Tail gunner: Lew Priegel (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: John Brown, Radio Operator: Frank Podbielski, Ball turret gunner: Norman Goodwin wounded in attack and his left leg was amputated in hospital and Ret US, Waist gunner: Bill Lucas (4 Prisoner of War); shot down by enemy aircraft, ditched 12 miles N of Wangerooge Is. Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 270. BAR FLY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38189068
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35303694
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 349th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13045061 / O-663573
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 June 1943 |