42-30047 Sweater Girl
Object Number - UPL 50485 - S/Sgt. Paul A. Vrabeck, Carnell Crew, 350th BS, 100th BG
Delivered Cheyenne 3/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Hill 5/5/43; Wendover 10/5/43; Kearney 21/5/43; Dow Fd 28/5/43; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-Q] Thorpe Abbotts 2/6/43; Missing in Action Munster 10/10/43 with Rich Atchison, Co-pilot: Willard Secor, Navigator: Ken Baron, Bombardier: Sol Goldstein, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Russ Bennett, Tail gunner: Van Write (6 Prisoner of War); Radio Operator: Elder Lisch, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Coombs, Waist gunner: Westley Field, Waist gunner: Elliott Preble (4 Killed in Action); hit by wreckage of B-17 & Me 109, crashed Schirl-Beverstrang, four miles E of Ostberven, near Munster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1031. SWEATER GIRL.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 10 October 1943 |