Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Dow Fd 24/6/44; Assigned 419BS/301BG Lucera 3/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 2/12/44 with Eugene Tillotson, Piekaart, Grant, Naglich, Phillips, Myers (6 Killed in Action); Ferguson, DeHart, Noel, Grigg (4 Returned to Duty); mech failure, #2 engine leaking fuel, aborted and turned for base, at about the Yugoslavian coast engine caught fire, pilot called bale out and stayed with A/C to allow escape of crew. A/C seen to climb to 1000ft and then dive into Adriatic, nine open chutes observed by DeHart, four rescued; MACR 10790.