42-30300 Hell-n-Back
Delivered Cheyenne 11/5/43; Gore 24/5/43; Smoky Hill 25/5/43; Kearney 27/5/43; Dow Fd 2/6/43; Assigned 303BG Molesworth 16/6/43; transferred 334BS/95BG [BG-C] Horham 17/6/43; with E.L. Lemke force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43; 15m, Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43 with George Tyler, Co-pilot: Joe Baillie, Navigator: Ray Staley, Bombardier: Byron Miller, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Gallagher, Radio Operator: Tom Spradlin, Ball turret gunner: Tom Smith, Waist gunner: Ed Clements, Waist gunner: Jim Hightower,Tail gunner: Rich Barkley (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #1 & #3 and were feathered, before right wing caught fire, heading for Switzerland, but exploded and crashed Stuttgart; Missing Air Crew Report 546. HELL-N-BACK.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6575918
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34262740
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
- Date: 17 August 1943
- Official Description:
- Date: 15 August 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
St Eval, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27, UK | 28 June 1943 | Force landed RAF St Eval 28/6/43. |
Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Stuttgart, Germany | 6 September 1943 - 6 September 1943 | Missing in Action Stuttgart 6/9/43. Enemy aircraft hit #1 & #3 and were feathered, before right wing caught fire, heading for Switzerland, but exploded and crashed Stuttgart; (10 x POW) Missing Air Crew Report 546. |