44-6271 Magnificent Malfunction
My Dad was on this plane.
Delivered Kearney 20/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 3/7/44; Missing in Action Fortezza 20/4/45
Pilot: 2nd Lt. John J. Canningham from Lynwood, California, KIA
Co-pilot: 2nd Lt. Arthur M. Hall from Richmond, Virginia
Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Alfred J. Baldwin from from Litchfield, Connecticut
Navigator: 2nd Lt. James A. Miller from Detroit, Michigan
Radio Operator: Sgt. Shelby M. Brown from San Francisco, California. KIA
Engineer: Sgt. Conrad B. Bailey from Crane Hill, Alabama
Ball Gunner: Sgt.Hugh Litto from Rochester, New York KIA
R.Waist Gunner: Sgt. James W. Wolfgang from Hubbard, Ohio
L.Waist Gunner: Sgt. Harold E. Simonds from Condon, Oregon
Tail Gunner: Sgt. Robert G. Ribbon from Chicago, Illinois
Radio Operator: Shelby Brown (Killed in Action); flak, crashed Cassal Maggiore; Missing Air Crew Report 14019. MAGNIFICENT MALFUNCTION.
Revisions
Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description” section.
Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description" - "Engineer" was misspelled.