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Delivered Tulsa 16/8/43; Gr Island 24/9/43; Assigned 418BS/100BG [LD-V] Thorpe Abbotts 27/9/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Tom Martin, Co-pilot: Jim Kennemer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lloyd Arnett, Radio Operator: Don Allwine, Ball turret gunner: Cosmas Braun, Waist gunner: Merritt Gillespie, Waist gunner: Dave Davis, Tail gunner: Laverne Clarke (8 Killed in Action); Navigator: Jim McCurley, Bombardier: Joe Murphy (2 evaded capture); flak, on return ditched English Channel; Missing Air Crew Report 1156.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37461915
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35661227
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15333180
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37316685
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33361535
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
5 November 1943 |