Delivered Cheyenne 28/7/43; Dyersburg 7/8/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG Knettishall 3/9/43; Missing in Action Gelsenkirchen 5/11/43 with Pilot William J. Bramwell Jr, Co-Pilot William E. Current, Navigator Charles L. Smith, Bombardier John J. Maiorca, Radio Operator Albertus Harrenstein, Assistant Engineer/Right Waist Gunner George Watt, Ball Turret Gunner Leslie E. Meader, Left Waist gunner Joseph A. Sage, Engineer/Ball Turret Gunner Hank C. Johnson and Tail Gunner John M. Craig.

Hit by Flak, crashed Lokeren, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report MACR 3137. Harrenstein and Craig were killed (KIA); Bramwell, Current, Sage, Meader and Smith were made prisoner (POW) and Watt, Maiorca and Johnson managed to evade with the help of the Belgian COMETE evasion network (see www.evasioncomete.be - search on 42-30789). The aircraft bore the name "FLAK SUIT". The crew had wanted to have the name changed and the majority of them opted for "Butcher Boy". Pilot Bramwell decided on "Jayhawk" and it had been planned to paint that new name on the nose on 5 November 1943 if the crew didn't have to fly a mission that day...

During an official ceremony on 11 November 2013 in Lokeren, Belgium, a plaque in honor of the crew was placed on the (reconstructed) wall of the cemetery where the aircraft crashed.

Détails and photos at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fwattge.html