42-52624 Boxcar

42-52624 UPL 60255 UPL 60255 B-24 42-52624 'Boxcar'

Object Number - UPL 60255 - B-24 42-52624 'Boxcar'

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

All except Seaborn were aboard when BOX CAR was shot down on a mission to Angers, France by flak over France. Crashed Rennes, France

Schwab, Gross, and Siegel were the only survivors.

Cecil J. Smith - Bombardier

Howard F. Seaborn - Navigator

Norman C. Van Kirk - Co-Pilot

Floyd Schwab - Pilot



Billy D. Gross - Engineer

Melvin Siegel - Tail Gunner

August M. Olsen - Radio Operator

Clarence E. Walker - Waist Gunner

Robert K. Marxmiller - Ball Gunner

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19101641
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
August M. Olsen
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35150473
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Rennes, France 7 June 1944

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

MACR 5483 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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