42-31560 Hot Rocks
Delivered Denver 21/11/43; Gr Island 10/12/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-A] Polebrook 25/2/44; 61m Missing in Action Ludwigshafen 8/9/44 with George Shera, Co-pilot: Leroy Swetnam, Navigator: Steve Loverds, Bombardier: Dick Mason, Waist gunner: Bob Hagans (5 Prisoner of War); Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dewey Cooper, Radio Operator: Wallace Van Wirt, Ball turret gunner: Ed Jansak (3 Killed in Action); Tail gunner: Don Freeman (EVD - ret base 11/9/44); flak KO’d an engine near Saarbrucken,Ger., then two more in trouble, aircraft crashed Beuvange-sous-St Michel, W of Thionville, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 10534.
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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: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34652361
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35791440
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 September 1944 |