42-38045
Delivered Cheyenne 24/11/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Nutts Corner, Belfast, N.I. 21//12/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-C] 22/1/44; 2+m Missing in Action Brunswick 29/1/44 with Bob Mohnacky, Co-pilot: Joe Flood, Navigator: Bill Yake, Bombardier: Jim Light, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale Gentsch (5 Killed in Action); Radio Operator: Elmer Hagen, Ball turret gunner: Joe Grugan, Left Waist gunner: Russell Meyer, Right waist gunner: Bob Berg, Tail gunner: Pete Schenck (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set bomb bay on fire, crashed Offenthal Estate, near Reichenburg, 16 miles SE of Koblenz, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2242.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749648
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36440891
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803249
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19049182
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753040
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 |