42-37874 Who Dat - Ding Bat
Delivered Denver 1/10/43; Gr Island 21/10/43; Assigned 709BS/447BG Rattlesden 2/11/43; transferred 548BS/385BG [GX- ] Gt Ashfield 3/11/43; Missing in Action Bremen 29/11/43 with Bill Swope, Co-pilot: Norm Weider, Navigator: Bob Prolow (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Bombardier: Doug Baker, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Stan Robinson, Radio Operator: Dick Street, Ball turret gunner: Jim Harbison, Waist gunner: Earl Robinson, Waist gunner: Elmer Congdon (washed up in dinghy at Whitstable, Kent), Tail gunner: Francis Magner (10 Killed in Action); ran out of fuel, crashed Tessel Is., Hol; Missing Air Crew Report 1532. WHO DAT - DING BAT.
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![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37094335
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
![W L Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/Swope%20Crew.jpeg?itok=klA2OdHv)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
![William Swope](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/48522254_eb50be59-5def-4167-827b-8a4c0dea96ce.jpeg?itok=m-8gTWQa)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15048556 / O-793457
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
![Norman Weider](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-10/56295421_3357274d-4cc5-43e0-abf1-b72830428a0b.jpeg?itok=ojvu8NKt)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795530
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Bremen, Germany | 29 November 1943 | |
Crashed |
Texel, Netherlands |