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Delivered Cheyenne 27/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dyersburg 27/6/43; Smoky Hill 28/6/43; Gr Isle 22/7/43; Presque Is 2/8/43; Assigned 364BS/305BG [WF-E] Chelveston 6/9/43; Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 7/1/44 with Neil Lathrop, Tail gunner: Alf Wendt (2 evaded capture), Co-pilot: Jesse Crookshanks, Navigator: Gordon Prout, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Earl Adams, Radio Operator: Joe Geiger, Waist gunner: George Ayer, Waist gunner: Otto Dambach (6 Prisoner of War), Bombardier: Chas Roberts, Ball turret gunner: Elmer LeJuene (2 KIA - went down with ship); flak, crashed near Estree Blanche, 15 miles N of St Pol, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 1963.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38192286
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334566
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808793
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12203831
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13154135
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
North Sea | 7 January 1944 |