42-32011 Peg Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline
Delivered Cheyenne 15/1/44; Kearney 28/1/44; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-A] Molesworth 3/3/44; transferred 562BS/388BG [V] Knettishall 4/3/44; Missing in Action La Glacerie 8/5/44 with Lou Heving, Co-pilot: Joe Cicak, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Heim, Radio Operator: Howard Gollner, Waist gunner: Dave Kimmel (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Clifton Billado, Bombardier: Dick Seitzinger, Ball turret gunner: Joe Morse, Waist gunner: Will Kronitz, Tail gunner: Don Klein (5 Killed in Action); flak KOd #2, crashed in the Channel off St Suveeur-le-Vicomte, 19 miles S of Cherbourg, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 4599. PEG OF MY HEART aka SWEET ADELINE.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31135017
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16056849
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32406966
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673278
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
50470 La Glacerie, France | 8 May 1944 | |
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Crashed |
50390 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France | 8 May 1944 |