42-52025 Arsenic and Lace
Assigned: 15th AF / 49th CBW / 461st BG / 765th BS – (Torretta L/G)
Red tail with red bar ( 26 )
Missing in Action: 17 December 1944 @ 1145 hrs (Fighters / Fw190)
With * 2Lt Gerald R Smith, Co-pilot: + 2Lt Vrooman L Francisco Jr, Navigator: + F/O Milton A Klarsfeld, Bombardier: * 2Lt Arthur H Carlson, Nose Turret: * Cpl David D Brewer, Flight engineer: * Sgt Morris R Goldman, Radio Operator: * S/Sgt Edwin L Howard, Ball turret gunner: + Sgt John R Modrowsky, Waist gunner: * Sgt Abraham P Ambramson, Waist gunner: Walter Cole, Tail gunner: + Sgt. Clifton J Stewart
Crashed: Olomouc-Neředín, Czechoslovakia
6 KIA (*) , 4 POW (+) (MACR 10680) – SOC.
15th AF mission ( Odertal, Germany)
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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 764th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32821360
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38600941
- Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
- Role/Job: Nose turret gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19201130 / O-780116
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19181412 / O-2059020
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36659975
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crashed |
Olomouc-Neředín, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery with Smith crew; Fell out of formation with #3 engine on fire, bomb bay ablaze and oxygen system knocked out. MACR 10680 |
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Manufactured |
Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI | Built at Ford. | |
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Assigned |
Torreto, Italy | Assigned 765BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |