42-31587
Delivered Cheyenne 26/11/43; Wendover 7/12/43; Assigned 457BG Glatton 8/12/43; transferred 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 22/1/44; 325BS/92BG [NV-G] Podington 11/3/44; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Chas Mikesell, Co-pilot: Bob Naugler, Navigator: Leon Shektell, Ball turret gunner: Ed Donnelly, Waist gunner: Joe Williamson (5 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ed Osucha, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Grundy, Radio Operator: Melton Flink, Waist gunner: Arthur C. Clark Jr, Tail gunner: Francis Lape (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, exploded in mid-air, crashed Hostalingen-Kathendorf, 13 miles NE of Helmstedt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3672.
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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: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14123276
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18209751
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15338056
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20605005
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 April 1944 |