44-8444 Treble Four

Delivered Dallas 14-Sep-44; Hunter 29-Sep-44; Dow Field, Bangor, Maine 16-Oct-44; Assigned 836BS/487BG [2G-N] Lavenham 20-Nov-44; battle damaged Darmstadt 24-Dec-44 with Bob Harriman, Brig Gen Fred Castle, Larry Swain, Lt Claude Rowe tg (4 Killed in Action); Capt Edmund Auer, Henry Macarty ex nav, Paul Biri, Quentin Jeffers, Lt Bruno Procopio mickey-op, Lowell Hudson (6 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft hit #4, crash landed Hods, Bel. (among Killed in Action was Brig Gen Fred Castle, 94BG CO who took aircraft down safely away from US troops below, and was awarded posthumous Medal of Honor); Salvaged 28-Jan-45; Missing Air Crew Report 11552. TREBLE FOUR.

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Quentin William Jeffers

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16131444
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Henry D Macarty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-712624
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Bruno Salvatore Procopio

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13054420 / O-700148
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Mickey Operator / Pathfinder Operator

Claude L Rowe

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Lawrence H Swain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39279733
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Belgium 24 December 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added Some Punctuation in the "A/C biography" to aid readability.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 12-Jan-2016/ Convered dates to USAAF military-style signification, populated nickname field for existing AAM data.

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11552 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database