Delivered Long Beach 30/6/43; Amarillo 18/7/43; Dallas 9/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-H] Horham 14/10/43; 5m, Missing in Action 29/11/43 with Les Palmer, Co-pilot: Ray Grass, Bombardier: Joe Kolar, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Wilbert, Radio Operator: George Holloway, Ball turret gunner: Max Waldo, Waist gunner: Bob Nicholson, Waist gunner: Bob Hare, Tail gunner: Bill Whitcom (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Ralph Guinzberg (Killed in Action); shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aumhle Bosel, four miles SE of Friesoythe, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1560.
Service
Units
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Group
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 | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #426039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 30-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30192. Returned to base.
Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-6039, Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1560
Awards: AM (OLC), PH (2OLC), Soldiers medal.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #426039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #426039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 29-Nov-43 in B-17 42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1560
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Left Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 22 x combat missions most with Alden Witt crew. Flew 1 x mission with Bill Thomas crew.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Shot down 29 November 1943 in B-17 #42-6039, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Thomas crew. 23 x combat missions.
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Missions
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29 November 1943
This is another massive raid on Bremen, Germany by a force of 360 B-17s. The mission is composed of two elements. The first element is a combined force of 182 B-17s from 1st Bomb Division that included: 94BG (40); 95BG (20); 96BG (41); 100BG (20);...
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 |
Location |
Date |
Crashed |
Friesoythe, Germany |
29 November 1943 – 29 November 1943 |
Missing in Action 29/11/43. Cause - shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Aumhle Bosel, four miles SE of Friesoythe, Germany. (9 x POW, 1 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report 1560.
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