42-5418 Chief Wahoo
Delivered Tulsa 3/12/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 97BG Biskra 20/1/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel 8/2/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; transferred 346BG/99BG Oudna 14/11/43; 27m/99 815BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action Milan 30/4/44 with Hilmer Landholt, Daniels,Kleiner, Bowles, Landwehr, Gatch, Con, Davis (8 Prisoner of War); Altgelt, Goddard (2 evaded capture to Switz.) flak & enemy aircraft. crashed Vanette, Missing Air Crew Report 4612. CHIEF WAHOO.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Wing
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36809366
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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Sources
99th Bomb Group Historical Society
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