42-3143 Bugs
Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/43; Assigned 524BS/379BG Dow Fd 18/4/43; t/o Gander en route UK 10/5/43 with
2/Lt Kurt W FREUND O-793098 Pilot
2/Lt George A KAIN O-734099 Co-Pilot
1/Lt Harry X FORD O-733300 Bombardier
Lt Robert H DEPENDAHL O-734539 Navigator
S/Sgt Bruce B LUHMANN 39840761 Flight engineer/top turret gunner
S/Sgt James C DYSON 18041327 Gunner
S/Sgt John F PAZNAR 37271654 Radio Operator
S/Sgt Wilford D BRADSHAW 37375688 Gunner
Sgt John SEMACH 15320292 Gunner
Cpl Paul V MATTHEW 35488678 Tail gunner
Kurt Freund, Co-pilot: George Kain, : Bob Dependahl, : Harry Ford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bruce Luhmann, Radio Operator: John Paznar, ae-Jim Dyson, aro-Wilford Bradshaw, g-John Semagh,Tail gunner: Paul Matthew (10 Returned to Duty); crash landed Finner Strand, near Bunderan, Co. Donegal, Ire. out of gas heading for Kimbolton. Salvaged. "Bugs".
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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: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: AR
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734539
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18041327
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-7333300
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793098
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield