42-3023 Boozenose
Delivered Rapid City 14/12/42; Memphis with Bob Gates, force landed Kansas City Apt. 7/4/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-V] Presque Is 18/5/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-F] Kimbolton 8/6/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is, 25/6/43 with Tom Simones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Polcover, Ball turret gunner: Joe Noonan, Waist gunner: Norbert Meyer,Tail gunner: Norman Schoolcraft (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Jack Schmitt, Navigator: Hal Aebischer, Bombardier: Thornton Baker, Radio Operator: Gerald Metthe, Waist gunner: Fred Hartt (5POW-all caught by farmers and home defense with Baker evading Nazi Youth for the longest of them all; five days); enemy aircraft, crashed near Brahe, East Friesland, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1365. BOOZENESS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734526
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 25 June 1943 |