42-31338 Hard To Get
Delivered Cheyenne 22/10/43; Walla Walla 10/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 1/1/44. Missing in Action Brunswick 10 February 1944 with Pilot Kenneth D. Smith, Co-pilot: Robert R. Nixon, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Charles W. Hacic, Ball turret gunner: Harvey H. Fleming, Waist gunner: Floyd E. Holman, Waist gunner: Russell C. Moss,Tail gunner: Kenneth M. Burns (7 Prisoner of War); Navigator: John L. Nightingale, Bombardier: William M. Doyle, Radio Operator: Roy E. Morris (3 Killed in Action). Enemy aircraft, crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2540. HARD TO GET.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16033384
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35563587
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16079577 at enlistment, then O-809695
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-686920
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-804747
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Kemme, Germany | 10 February 1944 | crashed near Kemme, 10km Northeast of Hildesheim (SE of Hannover), Germany |