Delivered Long Beach 10/9/43;Gr Island 13/10/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG Rougham 26/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 26/11/43 with John Pyles, Co-pilot: Gordon Hendrickson, Navigator: Milburn Franklin, Bombardier: Ernie Hyde, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ross Andrews, Radio Operator: Vernon Kuhlman, Ball turret gunner: Bill Harold, Waist gunner: George Zimmerman, Waist gunner: Dick Erickson (9 Killed in Action); Tail gunner: Harry Norris (evaded capture); mid-air collision with enemy aircraft; crashed Chevry-Cossigny, seven miles N of Melun, Fr; Missing Air Crew Report 1126.
Service
Units
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Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
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Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
People
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Collided with enemy aircraft on 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-37821 'The Sweetest One'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 94th Bomb Group
Collided with enemy aircraft on 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-37821 'The Sweetest One'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Collided with enemy aircraft on 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-37821 'The Sweetest One'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Ivry, FR in B-17 #42-37821 'The Sweetest One' when A/C was involved in a mid-air collision with FW190. 'The Sweetest One' crashed at Chevy-Cossigny.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Ivry, FR in B17#42-37821 'The Sweetest One' when ac was involved in a mid-air collision with FW190. 'The Sweetest One' crashed at Chevy-Cossigny.
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Collided with enemy aircraft on 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-37821 'The Sweetest One'. Evaded.
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 94th Bomb Group
Collided with enemy aircraft on 26 November 1943 in B-17 #42-37821 'The Sweetest One'. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Military | Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 94th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) on mission to Ivry, FR in 42-30821 'The Sweetest One' when A/C was involved in a mid-air collision with FW190. 'The Sweetest One' crashed at Chevy-Cossigny.
Places
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Military site : airfield
The airfield was purpose-built for American bomb groups and as such had a 2,000 yard main runway that lain in concrete with a tarred and wood-chipped surface. The scale of bases such as this meant that very often the technical, administrative and...
Events
Event |
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Date |
Failed to Return (FTR) |
France |
26 November 1943 |