44-6148 Smashing Thru
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UPL 38434
"Unusual crash of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 44-6148) of the 381st Bomb Group, England, 13 July 1944."
Delivered Tulsa 14/5/44; Kearney 24/5/44; Dow Fd 1/6/44; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-M] Ridgewell 16/6/44; 11+m crashed on take off for Munich 13/7/44 with John Houston(severe burns), Co-pilot: Bill Scruggs (same, plus broken leg) (2 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Gerald Sullivan, Bombardier: Jim Wamsley, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Cusick, Radio Operator: Ken Spatz, Ball turret gunner: Bob Benward, Waist gunner: Don Murray,Tail gunner: Lloyd Jackson (7 Killed in Service); aircraft lost two engines during assembly and came down in railway cut at Oaker Hill Bridge, Gt Yeldham, near Halstead, Ex, UK; Salvaged. SMASHING THRU.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-707458
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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