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Delivered Cheyenne 5/1/44; Gr Island 16/1/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG [KY-W] Chelveston 16/2/44; Missing in Action Cottbus 29/5/44 with Edward P. Kass, Co-pilot: Frank A. Gioffe; Bombardier: Warren M. Nutter; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Henry A. Rublewsky; Radio Operator: Robert E. Rahn; Ball turret gunner: Edward Towle; Left Waist gunner: Billie V. Franklin; Right Waist gunner: Claude T. Blanton (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Robert J. Kierman; Tail gunner: Foster E. Heath (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft; crashed Baltic Sea, East of a place called Ranzow, about 8km Northeast of Sassnitz, on Rügen Island, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 5337.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14125541
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34055885
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753523
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 29 May 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 May 1944 | Crashed in the Baltic Sea, East of a place called Ranzow, about 8km Northeast of Sassnitz, on Rügen Island, Germany. |