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Delivered Cheyenne 23/9/43; Gr Island 8/10/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-N] Rougham 15/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Frank Scott, Co-pilot: Bill Boak, Navigator: Willard Sayles, Bombardier: Mario Lagattiola, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chas Cummings, Radio Operator: Ray Soucy, Ball turret gunner: Jim Bell, Waist gunner: John Bleau, Waist gunner: Bill Rasnake (9 Prisoner of War); Tail gunner: Phil Lorbach (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft set engine on fire, crashed two miles NE of Elze, Wedemasrk, 15 miles N of Hanover, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2976.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36519462
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |