42-29998
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Dow Fd 18/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 7/6/43;
Missing in Action Huls 22/6/43 with Joe Slattery, Navigator: Julius Ziegelmeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Dickson, Radio Operator: Glenn MacDonald, Ball turret gunner: Eldridge Hulet, Waist gunner: Dave Fishburn, Waist gunner: Elmer Frederick, Tail gunner: Ed Simon (8 Killed in Action);
Co-pilot: Walter Brass, Bombardier: Bob Brubaker (2 Prisoner of War);
Attacked by enemy aircraft, crashed Bungern, three miles SE of Bocholt, Germany.
Missing Air Crew Report 15576.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14044021 / O-660325
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37068898
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066576
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
47839 Hüls, Germany | 22 June 1943 | |
Crashed |
Büngern, 46414 Rhede, Germany | 22 June 1943 |