42-5820 Mystic
Delivered Long Beach 27/2/43; Denver 4/3/43; Smoky Hill 7/4/43; Pueblo 21/4/43; Presque 26/4/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG [WA-C] Kimbolton 8/6/43; 526BS [LF-C];
Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 12/8/43 with Kurt Freund, Co-pilot: Dale Emens, Navigator: Don Macrae, Bombardier: Glenn Bozarth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Ragland, Waist gunner: Dan Angarano, Waist gunner: Allen Jamison (7 Prisoner of War);
Radio Operator: Francis Schaedler, Ball turret gunner: Cyrus Wallace, Tail gunner: Charles Roberts (3 Killed in Action);
Enemy aircraft set #1 engine on fire, then another to flak, crashed Ahrweiler, near Oberbruch, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2340 & 1359.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32404571
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12076091 / O-?
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731450
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742986 and 39169463 on enlisting
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Ahrweiler, Germany | 12 August 1943 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 August 1943 |