42-37798 Big Stoop
Delivered Denver 1/9/43; Gr Island 22/9/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-X] Rougham 27/9/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 11/1/44 with Bill Service, Co-pilot: Mark Lee, Navigator: Paul Carr, Bombardier: Don Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ross Schwasinger, Radio Operator: Edwin Krouse, Waist gunner: Alvin Baltzer, Waist gunner: George Bragdon (8 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Dick Westover, Tail gunner: Levi Dikeman (2 KIA -possibly killed by irate civilians); enemy aircraft, crashed Rahden, 17 miles SE of Diepholz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1883. BIG STOOP.
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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 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37449939
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11043328
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-674145
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37333470
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33248508
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 January 1944 |