42-5913 Shack Bunny
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Delivered Long Beach 5 May 1943; Kearney 30 May 1943; Dow Field 19 June 1943; Assigned 551BS/385BG Great Ashfield 20 June 1943; Missing in Action Duren 20 October 1943 with Pilot Lyle V. Fryer; Co-pilot: Clifford G. McIlveen; Navigator: John S. Durakov; Bombardier: Edwin D. Rinkenberger; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Chester A. Lisiewski (evaded for a time but captured in Paris on 21 January 1944 - POW); Radio Operator: William G. Cokins; Ball turret gunner: George A. Good; Left Waist gunner: Joseph F. Pittman; Right Waist gunner: Fred Browning;Tail gunner: David E. Carr (10 Prisoners of War); mechanical trouble, crashed De Slek, two miles South of Echt, Holland. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 828. SHACK BUNNY.
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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: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16069047
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33323881
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36333782
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735982
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665675
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
near Slek, The Netherlands | 20 October 1943 | Crashed behind the houses at 29-33 Slekkerstraat, West of the Roterweg, in Slek, South of Maasbracht, The Netherlands |