42-52226
B-24H #42-52226 fell out of formation after fighter attacks on a return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 March 1944. The crew baled over the IJsselmeer, Holland, with three rescued and seven drowned. Pilot : Hubert R. Cripe (POW); Co-Pilot Russell A. Anderson (POW); Navigator Homer W. Dallacqua (POW); Bombardier Maurice A. Dinneen (KIA); Radio Operator William S. Chappell Jr (KIA); Top Turret gunner Mack O. Garrett (KIA); Ball Turret gunner Gerald B. Yoder (KIA); Right Waist gunner Thomas W. Keefe (KIA); Left Waist Gunner Albert H. Edgett (KIA); Tail Gunner Jason H. McGue (KIA). The Liberator crashed on the shores of the Ijsselmeer, 4km NE of Edam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 2970.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37228561
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38244011
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31248226
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 734th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37440169
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner