Delivered Cheyenne 1/11/43; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 10/12/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44 with Lloyd Withers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Albert Segal, Radio Operator: Jim Verdi [wia] (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Capt Bob Arnold, Navigator: Clyde Hayden, Bombardier: Furman Scheiderman, Ball turret gunner: Dwight Heatwole, Waist gunner: Bill Buchanan, Waist gunner: Bob Hiatt, Tail gunner: John Ryan (7 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Moosdorf, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2576.
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Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
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People
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Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | Private First Class | Waist Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2576.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2576.
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2576.
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Military | Major | Pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Shot down 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 #42-31416 on mission to Regensburg, GR, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2576.
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