42-37744
Delivered Denver 13/8/43; Tulsa 17/8/43; Scott 1/10/43; Assigned 1 CCRC Gp Bovingdon, then 8AF Weather Flight, Bovingdon 10/6/43; crashed on t/o from Cheddington 9/12/43 with LaVerne Rissinger, Co-pilot: Bill Holcomb, Navigator: Otto Ahlers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pete Costello, Radio Operator: Bernie Cohen, a/ettg-Matt Ekes, cr/ch-John Buchanan, g-Ralph Harding, Met/Ob Wing/Commander Jack Herbert Osborne (RAF-517Sqn), Met/Ob F/Lt Howard Harry Leigh-Clark (RAF-517Sqn) (10 Killed in Service). T/o on a training flight but used all of the runway but failed to get air-borne and crashed down a slope into trees in Bourne Wood & burst into flames.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 92nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-680637, 18075555
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 25th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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