42-3550
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Object Number - UPL 52080 - Louis Bridda, reverse
Delivered Denver 29/7/43; Grand Island 10/8/43; Assigned 365BS/305BG [XK-H] Chelveston 1/10/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Alden Kincaid, Navigator: Bob Metcalf, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Raines, Ball turret gunner: Ken Fenn, Waist gunner: Lou Bridda, Waist gunner: Alf Chalker,Tail gunner: Bill Heritage (7 Prisoner of War), Co-pilot: Norman Smith, Bombardier: Phil Blasig, Radio Operator: Bernie Martin (3 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Werneck, seven miles SW of Schweinfurt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 921.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 921 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database