42-65061
Assigned to 417th BS, 25th BG. Lost on gunnery practice mission. A/C went out of control and crashed into sea after making pass on target drogue, possible that crew damaged controls with guns, stops may have been incorrectly set. Crashed into the ocean about thirty miles north of Borinquen Field Puerto Rico. Only one crew member baled out, suffering a broken ankle due to the low height at which he baled out. 1 x RTD, 4 x KIFA. MACR 1635.
Crew: 1Lt James D Ball, 2Lt Jefferson C Hornsby, Jr, S/Sgt Fred M Hoover RTD, T/Sgt Dale L Beatty, S/Sgt Joseph T Dwyer, S/Sgt Carl F O'Neil.
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Events
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Crashed |
Off Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | 13 January 1944 | Lost on gunnery practice mission. Crashed into the ocean about thirty miles north of Borinquen Field Puerto Rico. 1 x RTD, 4 x KIFA. MACR 1635. |
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Manufactured |
Inglewood, CA, USA | Built at North American. |
Revisions
The B-25G was not assigned to the 25th BG (R) but rather the 25th BG (M).
see Maurer, ...Combat Units; Hagerdorn, Wings Over the Canal, and applicable IARC ( Marchese, 1987).
MACR 1615 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database