42-50439 Broad+High

media-14399.jpeg UPL 14399 Leister Crew, B24 42-50439, Broad+High
Back row, left to right...
• John Beyer, bombardier
• Vance Cridling, navigator
• John Bales, co-pilot
• Roger Leister, pilot
Front row, left to right...
• Darlton Pontius, engineer
• Neil Matzek, waist gunner
• Philip Snyder, nose gunner
• Ernest Schreiner, gunner
• George Lifschitz, radio operator
• Jess Duff, tail gunner

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Object Number - UPL 14399 - Leister Crew, B24 42-50439, Broad+High Back row, left to right... • John Beyer, bombardier • Vance Cridling, navigator • John Bales,...

Obtained by 492nd BG from the replacement depot to replace 44-40156 lost 7 Jul 44.

Named by its Crew Chief, M/Sgt Robert Janton. The name is the main cross streets of his home town Columbus, Ohio. The + sign represents the intersection but when spoken everyone called it, Broad and High.

Transferred to the 467th BG, 788th BS, Crew Chief: M/Sgt Robert Janton.

On 18 Aug 44, damaged and low on fuel, it crashlanded in a field at Kirby Bedon, England. Flown by the Leister Crew, 4 KIA, 1 WIA, 4 RTD.

Aircraft was salvaged on 19 Aug 44.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17099290
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810948
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 492nd Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron 859th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17162149
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0717274
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 467th Bomb Group 788th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33353620
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Failed to Return (FTR)

Kirby Bedon, Norwich, Norfolk NR14, UK 18 August 1944 - 18 August 1944

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