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Delivered Cheyenne 30/7/43; Dyersburg 8/8/43; Assigned 96BG Snetterton 7/9/43; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-F] Chelveston 21/9/43; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14/10/43 with Bob Skerry, Co-pilot: John Lindquist, Navigator: Bob Guarini, Bombardier: Cecil Key, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Middleby, Ball turret gunner: Wayne Rowlett, Waist gunner: Gus Doumis, Tail gunner: Edwin DeVaul (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Stan Larrick, Waist gunner: Jack Johnson (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft & flak, crashed Adendorf, near Meckenheim, 10 miles SW of Bonn, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 919.
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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: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18005133
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Bombardier; Togglier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |