44-6025 So What?
Delivered Tulsa 9/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-P] Ridgewell 19/5/44; 1+m Missing in Action Dessau 30/5/44 with Leonard Zapinski, Co-pilot: Othmer Widosh, Navigator: Dave Fuller, Bombardier: Bob Van Buskirk, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Webb, Radio Operator: George Pastre, Ball turret gunner: Jim Wilson, Waist gunner: Hamilton Harper,Tail gunner: Don Harness (9 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft hit #1 gas tank, crashed Karow, 31 miles NE of Magdeburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5235. SO WHAT?
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39554149
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 30 May 1944 |