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Delivered Cheyenne 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Wilmington 5/11/43; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-M] Horham 11/11/43; (4m), Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43 with Bill Kelley (KIA), Co-pilot: Neil Compa (KIA), Navigator: Tom Vollbrecht (KIA), Bombardier: Ed McGonagle (KIA), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Fred Brann (MIA), Ball turret gunner: Dick Hamilton (KIA), Waist gunner: Bill Nowels (KIA); Radio Operator: Howard Ballard (POW), Waist gunner: Dave Turpin (died of wounds 28/1/44), Tail gunner: Felix Stockunas- (POW); enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Osterholz-Scharmbeck, near Bremen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 1557.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731012
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35210467
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany | 20 December 1943 - 20 December 1943 | Missing in Action Bremen 20/12/43. Cause - enemy aircraft KO’d two engines, crashed Osterholz-Scharmbeck, near Bremen, Germany; (3 x POW, 7 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report 1557. |