42-102931 Fiklbitch
Delivered Cheyenne 19/4/44; Hunter 4/5/44; Dow Fd 16/5/44; Assigned 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 20/5/44; Missing in Action Saarbrucken 9/11/44 with Francis Meyers, Co-pilot: Fred Prado, Navigator: Bob Hester, Bombardier: Aldo Valenzano, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry DeYoung, Radio Operator: Bob Long, Ball turret gunner: Don Turman, Waist gunner: Albt Richards, Tail gunner: Jackson Britt (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed North Sea off Lowestoft, Sfk, UK. Missing Air Crew Report 10345. FIKLBITCH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208374
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Top turret gunner/ flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37626279
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13045026
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2065985
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner/Waist Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 9 November 1944 |