42-7579 Paper Doll

On 24 Feb 44 on a mission to Gotha, Germany (445th BG Mission #28) the aircraft was shot down by fighters & crashed 1 km SW of Driedorf, Germany. 3 KIA, 6 POW. MACR 2554. On this mission the 445th lost 13 aircraft.

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Orville F Last

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36254829
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Alfred J Looney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803235
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Charles T Sherd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert L Whittet

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 February 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorUALDC8
Changes
Sources

Heavy Bombers of the Mighty Eighth
Losses of the US 8th & 9th Air Forces - Vol 2
Battle Colors - Vol 1
Mike Simpson's 445th Bomb Group Website
MACR 2554

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2554 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database