42-39890 Return Ticket
Delivered Long Beach 30/9/43; Gr Island 3/11/43; Assigned 535BS/381BG [MS-Y] Ridgewell 22/12/43; 17m Missing in Action Berlin 24/5/44 with Carl Dasso, Co-pilot: Bill Watson, Bombardier: Norman Isom, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Oscar Wright, Radio Operator: Anthony Madero (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Phil Barkett, Ball turret gunner: Paul Williams, Waist gunner: Marshall Rose, Tail gunner: Chester Herron (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft shot off left wing and #1, crashed Wilhelmshof Estate, near Gratze, 19 miles NE of Berlin, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5179. RETURN TICKET.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-706503
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15125643
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 May 1944 |