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Delivered Hunter 10/11/44; Dow Fd 30/11/44; Assigned 422BS/305BG Chelveston 10/2/45; taxi accident with Gene Stewart 18/3/45; transferred 509BS/351BG [RQ- ] Polebrook 23/5/45; on flight back to USA 6/6/45, with Joe Robinson, Capt Joe Glover, Howie Hibbard, Lt Rich Higley, Lt ? Harley, NCOs: John Montgomery, Silvio Rossi, Paul Lucyk, Wallace Amerod, Bob Smith, Santo Caruso, Teed Smith, Boyd Dobbs, Edwin Birtwell, Sheldon Coons, Chester Barr, Dale Carlson, Camille Devaney, Calvert Poole, Lester Rhein, David Rapoport, Max Marksheid, John Leasure, Morris Lizewski and Ken Craumer (19 Killed in Service). Lost in heavy cloud and apparently turned on wrong heading for RAF Valley crashed Craig Cwm Llwdd, two miles S of Arthog, Barmouth, Wales; Salvaged 9/6/45.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot