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UPL 41560
Byron Bryant Crew -- 369th
Fr: Pierre Noisat TG, Frank Wesner E, Manford Johns RO, Dan Piedmont WG, Blair Steed WG, Richard Kern BT, BK: Dan Peterson N, Bryant, Ralph Peters CP, James Vaughter B.
Fr: Pierre Noisat TG, Frank Wesner E, Manford Johns RO, Dan Piedmont WG, Blair Steed WG, Richard Kern BT, BK: Dan Peterson N, Bryant, Ralph Peters CP, James Vaughter B.
Delivered Cheyenne 4/8/43; Gr Isle 12/8/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-D] Thurleigh 2/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Ralph Peters, Co-pilot: Ed Hughel, Navigator: Dan Peterson, Bombardier: Jim Vaughter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Grimm, Radio Operator: Manford John, Ball turret gunner: Dick Kern, Waist gunner: Blair Steed, Waist gunner: Dan Piedmont, Tail gunner: Pierre Noisat (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KO’d #2, crashed Bellheim, near Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 814.
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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 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15102695
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-744113
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39098683
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |