43-9696

media-48612.jpeg UPL 48612 416th Bomb Group - 670th and 671st Bomb Squadrons - 9th AF
Wethersfield
A-20J-5-DO #43-9444 Code: 5H-J (far right)
A-20G-25-DO #43-9387 Code: F6-H (2nd from right)
A-20G-30-DO #43-9696 Code: F6-G (5th from right facing left)

Object Number - UPL 48612 - 416th Bomb Group - 670th and 671st Bomb Squadrons - 9th AF Wethersfield A-20J-5-DO #43-9444 Code: 5H-J (far right) A-20G-25-DO #43-9387 Code: F6-H...

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An A-26 Invader (F6-P, serial number 43-22330) nicknamed "For Pete's Sake" of the 416th Bomb Group prepares for take-off at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group . Written on slide casing: '416 BG Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12204339
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 670th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-26092
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-421542
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 668th Bomb Squadron 416th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14165008
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

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First 416th BG Combat Mission

Vacquerie, France 18 March 1944

Crashed

Biggin Hill, UK 19 May 1944 On the return trip home, flying through a thick overcast, Lt Joseph Crispino's plane spun out of control. He oerdered his two gunners, S/Sgt Thomas I. Walsh and S/Sgt Royden E. Conopask to bail out. Then he jumped himself. The two gunners never did get out and were killed when the plane crashed. Lt Crispino parachuted to earth with a leg fractured when his body was thrown against the plane's tail assembly. He was transferred to an Evacuation Hospital to convalesce. The remains of the two gunners have been interred at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery, Cambridge. ... [September, 1944] Lt Joseph C. Crispino and Lt Robert J. Rooney, who had been confined to hospitals as a result of injuries received on missions, returned to join their old squadrons after months of absence.

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