42-39938
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UPL 31164
A/C 42-39952 & 42-39938 MACR 2196 & 2197
Grand Nephew
Delivered Long Beach 13/10/43; Gr Island 31/10/43; Assigned 548BS/385BG Gt Ashfield 21/11/43; Missing in Action Wilhelmshafen 3/2/44 with Herb Heuser, Co-pilot: Henry Madden, Navigator: Gene Bridle, Bombardier: Dick Roth, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Blansit, Radio Operator: John Lucey, Ball turret gunner: John Marcinko, Waist gunner: Chas Klutcharch, Waist gunner: Lynn Ward,Tail gunner: Joe Simonick (10 Killed in Action); mid-air coll with 42-39952 (385BG) over North Sea of Texel, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 2197.
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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: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Private
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
English Channel | 3 February 1944 |