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Delivered Cheyenne 28/6/43; Presque Is 17/8/43; Assigned 331BS/94BG [TS-K] Rougham 17/8/43; loaned to 96BG Snetterton for this mission. Missing in Action Schweinfurt 14 October 1943 with Pilot Silas S. Nettles, Co-pilot: Jerry V. LeFors, Navigator: Robert E. O’Hearn, Bombardier: Edward O. Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Eugene F. Sebeck, Radio Operator: Charles F. Putman, Ball turret gunner: Marshall S. Hamer, Left Waist gunner: Kenneth L. Karlson, Right Waist gunner: Gregory C. Drobinko, Tail gunner: Charles R. Sibert (10 Prisoner of War). Enemy aircraft, crashed near Wurzburg, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 831.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14090954 at enlistment, then O-798019
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671089
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37382005
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13089484
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Aircrew Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17128745
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | crashed near Wurzburg, Germany |