42-37932
Delivered Denver 19/10/43; Gr Island 1/11/43; Assigned 570BS/390BG [DI-P] Framlingham 12/11/43; Missing in Action Chartres 2/3/44 with Everett Ferguson, Navigator: Ed Imblum, Radio Operator: Gene Wilusz, Waist gunner: Bill Conrad,Tail gunner: Bill Clark (5 Killed in Action); Ball turret gunner: Wilson Jones (EVD-ret UK 1/6/44); Co-pilot: John Baker, Bombardier: Fred Shecter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Archie Delong, Waist gunner: Theo McCarty (4 Prisoner of War); flak hit in tail blowing off pieces of vertical and horizontal stabs. as well as several feet of rear fuselage. A/c attempted to climb, stalled and dove down steeply and crashed E of Oisemont, 10 miles S of Abbeville, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 2886. OLE BASSER.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-693730
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32405696
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 2 March 1944 |