42-52335 Admirable Little Character
Uploaded
Object Number - UPL 25924 - ALC
Hit by FW190 fighters, crashed near Ponthion, ±15km NE of Vitry-le-François, Marne Department, France. Pilot John H. Combs Jr (POW); Co-Pilot Charles W. Roof (EVD); Navigator Eugene M. Hoag (EVD); Bombardier Charles G. Bieber (KIA); Radio Operator Robert O. Behrens (EVD); Top Turret gunner Anthony B. McKeon (EVD); Ball Turret gunner Clayton L. Miller (KIA); Left Waist gunner Harry L. Tamboer (KIA); Right Waist gunner Joe Wagner (POW) and Tail Gunner Rochatd O. McCarthy (KIA). 4 Killed In Action (KIA), 2 Prisoners of War (POW), 4 Evaded (EVD). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4342.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32745523
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37314739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1295479
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12073349 at enlistment, then O-810224
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 26 March 1944
- Date: 24 March 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Ruth L", flown by Lieutenant NL Young, of the 96th Bomb Group flies through a cascade of bombs released by another Fortress over Oranienburg, Germany. Strike camera photo. Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/3/44. Looks like JW code - 92BG? [sic]Supposedly Bremen raid but bombs look like M47.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408680.jpg.webp?itok=47P7nfd_)
- Date: 22 March 1944
- Date: 18 March 1944
Revisions
MACR 4342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database