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Shot down by Flak on Carpetbagger mission "OSRIC 81 DZ" over Belgium. Crashed near La Hulpe, Belgium. Pilot : 1st Lt Kenneth Pratt (evaded); Co-Pilot : 2nd Lt Ralph Leindorf (wounded; POW); Navigator : 2nd Lt Russell J. Byrne Jr (died from wounds); Bombardier : F/O Carlo C. Starkovich (died from wounds); Radio Operator : T/Sgt Joseph A. Caron (died from wounds); Engineer : S/Sgt Roy C. Koons (died from wounds); Dispatcher : S/Sgt Ollie D. Warren (wounded/POW); Tail Gunner : S/Sgt James A. Wagner (died from wounds). MACR 5393.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-121795
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 13091630
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 801st Bomb Group 36th Bomb Squadron 492nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 38060592
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner/Dispatcher
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La Hulpe, Belgium | 6 June 1944 | Shot down by Flak on Carpetbagger mission "OSRIC 81 DZ" over Belgium. Crashed near La Hulpe, Belgium |