42-30114 Spare Parts
Delivered Cheyenne 13/4/43; Smoky Hill 22/4/43; Presque Is 3/5/43,
Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 8/5/43.
Transferred 95BG Alconbury.
With Don Merten crash landed base 28/5/43.
MU 19/8/43 for repair.
Transferred RCM 335BS/95BG [BG-L] Horham 13/9/43.
Missing in Action Duren 20/10/43 with Kenneth B. Rongstad, Co-pilot: Warren M. Strawn, Navigator: Richard E. Diete, Bombardier: Joseph F. Spicer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: A.R. Eckert, Radio Operator: Gordon V. Sorensen, Ball turret gunner: A.L. Godek, Waist gunner: Charles E. Phinney, Waist gunner: Julius W. Torok,Tail gunner: Louis M. Mirabel (10 Returned to Duty); enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; all rescued.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16058262 and O-738966
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32291509
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Alconbury, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 28 May 1943 | Crash landed base 28/5/43. Pilot Lt Donald H Merten. |
Crashed |
North Sea | 20 October 1943 | Missing in Action Duren 20/10/43. Cause - enemy aircraft, ditched North Sea; all rescued. (10 x RTD). |