44-6258
Delivered Hunter 16/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 341BS/97BG Amendola 3/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 16/7/44 with 2Lt Randall L Fetty, 2Lt Byrle L Meeler, 2Lt John A Hefti, 2Lt Robert D Freeman, S/Sgt Sheldon S Rowles, Sgt Edwin A Montry, Sgt Reid A Hoey, Cpl James Allen Hamilton Burns, Cpl Joseph Jerrome Monteleone, Sgt Robert L Cahill; flak, crashed Orth; MACR 6686.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
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- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neal Street #6010, Savannah, GA 31409, USA | 16 June 1944 | Delivered Hunter AAF 16-Jun-44. |
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Assigned |
71040 Amendola FG, Italy | 3 July 1944 | Assigned 341BS, 97BG Amendola 3-Missing in Action Vienna 16/7/44-44. |
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Crashed |
2304 Orth an der Donau, Austria | 16 July 1944 | Missing in Action Vienna 16-Jul-44 hit by flak, crashed Orth; 5 x POW, 5 x KIA MACR 6686. |
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Manufactured |
Seattle, WA, USA |