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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33168900
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer, Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36305301
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19114709
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37316734
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Assigned |
Shipdham, UK | 30 December 1943 | Transferred to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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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 |
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Manufactured |
Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI | Built at Ford. | |
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Assigned |
Seething, UK | Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |