42-65118

Assigned to 17BS, 25BG. Lost on anti submarine patrol 15 miles NW of Boriquen Field, Puerto Rica. Crashed in sea, coast guard cutter found an empty dingy and no survivors. Pilot Lt Jasper J Kraynick. 6 x KIA 31-Oct-43. MACR 980.



Crew: 1Lt Jasper J Kraynick, 1Lt Thomas W Appleyard, 2Lt Myron L Mantell, T/Sgt Frederick R Droney, S/Sgt Ralph Swerdloff, Cpl William D McLemore.

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Units served with

A B-26 Marauder of the 654th Bomb Squadron, 25th Bomb Group, parked on a runway. Handwritten on reverse: '654 BS.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Reconnaissance

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

15 miles NW Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 31 October 1943 Lost on anti submarine patrol 15 miles NW of Boriquen Field, Puerto Rica. Crashed in sea no survivors. 6 x KIA 31-Oct-43. MACR 980.

Manufactured

Inglewood, CA, USA

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Sources

MACR 980 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database