44-6198 Dollar 98
Delivered Tulsa 28/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1/1/44 with Tom Rybovich, Co-pilot: Pat Farwell, Navigator: Don Maine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Staup, Radio Operator: Don Parkins, Ball turret gunner: Harry Gross, Waist gunner: Bill May,Tail gunner: Rich Blackry (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Harry Ayers (MIA, but later found to have bailed out OK and returned to base from Yugoslavia; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with Bob Trowbridge, Co-pilot: Bill Struby, Bombardier: Arthur Hauft, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dozier Linder, Radio Operator: Ira Cox, Ball turret gunner: Don Moon, Waist gunner: Ed Fry, Waist gunner: Leigh Fuller,Tail gunner: Rich Schade (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Allen Swain (Killed in Action); flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 12461. DOLLAR 98.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37534486
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34057700 / O-540274
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17164752
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17087119 / O-829099
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066854 / O-2064355
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Battle damaged |
Graz, Austria | 1 January 1944 | Severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1-Jan-44; Bombardier baled out over Yugoslavia. |
Delivered |
Tulsa AAF, OK | 28 May 1944 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 28-May-44. |
Assigned |
Amendola airfield, Italy | 4 July 1944 | Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Papa, Hungary | 21 February 1945 | Missing in Action Vienna 21-Feb-45; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; MACR 12461. |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Douglas. |