42-30029 Chap's Flying Circus
Delivered Cheyenne 1/4/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 11/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-P] Ridgewell 29/5/43 with Frank Chapman, Dick Robinson, Bill Hodge, Wilson Cupp, Otha Frost, Edwin Myers, Ed Pope, John Wardell, Bill Richardson, Bob Gugenheim;
Missing in Action 28m Oschersleben 30/1/44 with Carl Baer (body washed up 4/2/44), Co-pilot: Bob Remple, Navigator: Malcolm Van Hise, Bombardier: Henry Palas, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Vogelbaugh, Radio Operator: John Moore, Ball turret gunner: Phil Phillipuk, Left Waist gunner: John Tully, Right Waist gunner: Jim Rigat, Tail gunner: Ed Meyers (10 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea off Gt Yarmouth, Missing Air Crew Report 2495. (Last original aircraft lost). CHAP'S FLYING CIRCUS.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32279028
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-743283
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32413110
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32489676
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15103344
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 30 January 1944 |