42-31535
Delivered Cheyenne 19/11/43; Kearney 2/12/43; Syracuse 8/12/43; Presque Is 11/12/43; Assigned 527BS/379BG [FO-Y] Kimbolton 24/1/44; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Ken Adams, Co-pilot: Jack Bowden, Navigator: Vince Morkus, Bombardier: Leon Rosen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Tunink, Radio Operator: Archie Stambush, Ball turret gunner: Chas Olson, Waist gunner: Max Dahm, Waist gunner: Joe Yragni (9 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Frank Tyndell (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed in swamp near Essern, ten miles NE of Lubbecke, Westfalen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 2876.
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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 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801235
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680397
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39191642
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066375 / O-809685
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13121408
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Delivered |
Cheyenne AAF, WY | 19 November 1943 | Delivered Cheyenne AAF, WY 19-Nov-43. |
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Assigned |
Kimbolton, UK | 24 January 1944 | Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Lubbecke, Germany | 30 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR)Brunswick with Adams crew; enemy aircraft, crashed in swamp near Essern, ten miles NE of Lubbecke 9 x POW, 1 x KIA MACR 2876 |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Boeing. |