42-7767 Shack Rabbit

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44; Shot down by fighters, crew baled out at low level. 10 x POW. MACR 3849



Crew: 1Lt George J Thom, 2Lt Anthony J Abad, 2Lt Gerald G Gille, 2Lt Russell J Alcott, T/Sgt Andrew A Kowalski, T/Sgt Alvin D Johnson, S/Sgt Loyes H Knotts, S/Sgt Earl D Proulx, S/Sgt Bronko Smilanich, S/Sgt Harvey H Meinke.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19012052 / O-689756
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12004412 / O-679598
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060853 / O-676373
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17063731
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33397479
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Shipdham, UK 30 December 1943 Transferred to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Hanover, Germany 8 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44; Shot down by fighters, crew baled out at low level. 10 x POW. MACR 3849

Manufactured

Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI Built at Ford.

Assigned

Seething, UK Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database