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Delivered Denver 17/1/44; MacDill 6/2/44/ Assigned 815BS/483BG Tortorella 30/3/44; transferred 20BS/2BG Amendola 31/3/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/7/44 with Bill Nabinger, Co-pilot: Owen Rice, Navigator: Ralph Mooney, Bombardier: Howard Friedman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Jarrell, Radio Operator: Wesley Frinsco, Ball turret gunner: Frank Bossi, Waist gunner: Herb Helstrom, Waist gunner: Chas Woods,Tail gunner: Dwight Wheeler (10 Killed in Action) ; flak, blew off nose to cockpit, crashed Friedernau, Aus; three chutes seen. Missing Air Crew Report 6519.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13002064
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32610466 / O-695486
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13056611
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19097043
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34645256
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret