43-27656 McKinley Jr. High
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UPL 51309
B-25J-1-NC #43-27656 "McKinley Jr. High" Code: 7C
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF
Shot down 22 June 1944
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF
Shot down 22 June 1944
Named for McKinley Junior High School in Muncie, Indiana, whose students had raised
$200,000 to "buy a bomber."
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-810110
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822414
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32886934
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 340th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16092200
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Shot Down |
near Gricigliana Railroad Bridge, Italy | 22 June 1944 | Thomas V. Casey - Pilot Harry George - Co Pilot Edward Dombrowski - Bomb Paul Kaplan - Radio Operator Russell Ahlstrom - Flight Eng. George Obravatz - Tail Gunner Took a direct flak hit over the target knocking out the left engine. Another hit sent shrapnel through the aircraft. |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
"The Bridgebusters" - Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, pages 109-110
http://thepastpresented.com/index.php/2017/01/24/missing-photos-new/
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b25_17.html