44-6190
Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 1/7/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 3/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 10/12/44 with George Freschi, Co-pilot: Emil Improta, Navigator: Gene Foster, Bombardier: Bill Cleary, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilbur Shallenberger, Radio Operator: Joe Testagrossa, Ball turret gunner: Harold Chandler, Waist gunner: Dick Seares, Waist gunner: Don Alyea, Tail gunner: Steve Manzuk (10 Killed in Action); flak hits, crashed ?; Missing Air Crew Report 10689.
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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: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35896241
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13900600
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-722469
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16122720 / O-2058452
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12176628 / O-826906
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Tulsa AAF, OK | 27 May 1944 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 27-May-44. |
Assigned |
Celone Airport, Foggia, Italy | 3 July 1944 | Assigned 773BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Adriatic Sea | 10 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer 10-Dec-44 Hit by flak crashed Adriatic Sea 10 x (KIA) MACR 10689 |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Douglas. |
Revisions
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.