41-24516 Meltin Pot
Assigned 368BS/306BG Westover 24-August-42; Gander, Nfd 6-September 1942, ditched Lough Foyle, N.I. near Magilligan Point, Londonderry, 6-September-1942 en route Prestwick, then Thurleigh. Down in shallow water, crew walked ashore (10RTD) Written off 31-October 44. MELTIN’ POT. No MACR.
P Capt William (Curtis) Melton (RTD); CP Alexander Kramarinko (RTD)
N 2Lt Charles L. Grimes (RTD) B Robert T. Levy (RTD)
E/TTG SSgt William L. Cherry (RTD); RO Mahlon E. Snover (RTD)
BTG SSgy Leland J. Kessler (RTD) WG Gilbert G. Shoemaker (RTD)
TG SSgt Ernest P Garland (RTD); PASS 2Lt Jesse L.Wilburn (RTD)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6278073
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-660486
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15074078
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035409 and O-661851
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Ditched |
Magilligan Point, Limavady, Limavady BT49, UK | 6 September 1942 | Aircraft lost two engines en-route to Thurleigh and was ditched into the sea near Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014, "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 13-Nov-2014, "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.