Delivered Denver 2/10/43; Gr Island 22/10/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Y] Horham 11/11/43; 66m, Missing in Action Bohlen oil depot 29/6/44 with Jim Cook, Co-pilot: Harry Bachus, Navigator: Jim Whittaker, Bombardier: Bob Hansell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Vernon Adams, Radio Operator: Henry Hopwood, Ball turret gunner: John Dyson, Waist gunner: Elwyn Baptiste (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Harry Chapman, Tail gunner: Stuart Bouley (2 evaded capture); lost two engines, crash landed Vroomshoop, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 6741. PRIDE OF VHELHALIS.
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The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
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People
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 'Pride of Vhelhalis', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis 42-37889
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis #4237889
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD) Shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis #4237889
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Evaded (EVD) Shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis #4237889
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis #4237889
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 'Pride of Vhelhalis' #42-37889, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis #4237889
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 4 till 6 Feb. 45 Shot down by flak and crashed at Vroomshoop on 6/29/44 in B-17 Pride of Vhelhalis #4237889 Liberted by British in May 1945, Camp Lucky Stirke May 1945. New York via Sea, June 1945,Discharge Sept...
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Places
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Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
Event |
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Failed to Return (FTR) |
Böhlen, Germany |
29 June 1944 |
Crashed |
7681 Vroomshoop, Netherlands |
29 June 1944 |