42-97209
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/44; Kearney 23/2/44; Presque Is 11/3/44; Assigned 728BS/452BG [A] Deopham Green 11/3/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Herb Hochstetter, Co-pilot: Julian Hurst, Navigator: Clyde Brown, Bombardier: Jerome Cogitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Ventura, Radio Operator: Jim Jenkins, Ball turret gunner: Hans Rase, Waist gunner: Elmer Helgren, Waist gunner: Joe Smith,Tail gunner: Arthur Crowe (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft KOd an engine, crashed Bodenrod, ten miles NW of Bad Nauheim, 20 miles E of Frankfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4777.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 |