42-50953 Flying Finger
Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery with Crossman crew; Briefed to have ball turret retracted until IP, to save fuel, formation was mauled by 50 fighters, before the turret could be lowered and brought into action the tail gunner had been neutralised and the rear fuselage had been riddled. A/C abandoned over Muglitz. 7 x POW, 4 x KIA. 17-Dec-44 MACR 10677
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39906487
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18067849 / O-560800
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Gunnery officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35540229 / O-709511 / O-56544
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32312554
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Nose turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18020202
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Muglitz, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery with Crossman crew; Downed by fighters. 7 x POW, 4 x KIA. MACR 10677 |
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Assigned |
Torreto, Italy | Assigned to 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |