42-107188 Ramp Rooster
Nuthampstead Airfield Museum collection
398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum. Museum object reference number: USB1-52
Delivered Tulsa 18/3/44; Kearney 29/3/44; Dow Fd 6/4/44; Assigned 602BS/398BG [K8-G] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; (42m) Missing in Action Bingen, Ger 29/12/44 with Mahlon Erickson, Navigator: Paul Nachtwey, Radio Operator: Claiborne Graves, Ball turret gunner: Lowell Thompson, Waist gunner: Jim Sewell, Tail gunner: Bob Morden (6 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Adolph Huesgen, Bombardier: Lionel Leitner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Emil Peterson (3 evaded capture); flak hit #2, crashed near Liege, Bel/Lux border; Missing Air Crew Report 11348 [?11346]. RAMP ROOSTER.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33851763
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36228124
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Belgium | 29 December 1944 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 29 December 1944 |