42-39820 Also Ran - Still Running
Delivered Long Beach 9/9/43; Scott 28/10/43; Assigned 614BS/401BG [IW-J] Deenethorpe 14/11/44; Missing in Action Stettin 11/4/44 with Sam Wilson, Co-pilot: Elgin Gattis*, Navigator: Larry Sudakov, Bombardier: John Daly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jesse Corley, Radio Operator: Homer Kelley, Ball turret gunner: Beryle Corntassel, Waist gunner: Bill Wolf, Waist gunner: John Morrissey, Tail gunner: Leon Sokol* (10 POW- * picked up ten days later over Dutch border); flak, crashed Haus, near Steinhagen, six miles W of Bielefeld, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 4015. ALSO RAN – STILL RUNNING.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17129375
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 750258
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Missions
- Date: 21 January 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 April 1944 |