43-10203

media-48393.jpeg UPL 48393 Two A-20G-s of the 416th BG with smoking right engines on 27 May 1944.
Neither a/c made it home.
A-20G-35-DO #43-10203 Code: 5H-R (center of photograph with smoking engine)
A-20G-35-DO #43-10206 Code: 2A-F (bottom center of photograph, also with a smoking engine)

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Object Number - UPL 48393 - Two A-20G-s of the 416th BG with smoking right engines on 27 May 1944. Neither a/c made it home. A-20G-35-DO #43-10203 Code: 5H-R (center of...

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Units served with

416th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

668th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Fred Lester Adair

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 37498495
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

Charles Clarke Mish

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-55084
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Lucian J Siracusa

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-797730
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Wethersfield

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Creil, France	15 May 1944
Other Shot Down	north of Amiens, France	27 May 1944	Lt. Siracusa and crew The majority of box 1 dropped on the No. 4 plane [Lt Siracusa], which, having received a direct hit by flak, salvoed its Bombs 10 seconds before the point for release. Six chutes were seen to come out of the planes flown by Lt Guillon and Lt Siracusa. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen. ... As the chutes from Lt Gullion's and Lt Siracusa's planes floated dow

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Creil, France

15 May 1944

Other

Shot Down

north of Amiens, France

27 May 1944

Lt. Siracusa and crew The majority of box 1 dropped on the No. 4 plane [Lt Siracusa], which, having received a direct hit by flak, salvoed its Bombs 10 seconds before the point for release. Six chutes were seen to come out of the planes flown by Lt Guillon and Lt Siracusa. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen. ... As the chutes from Lt Gullion's and Lt Siracusa's planes floated dow