Assigned to 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot of C-47, bound for Munich, crashed Schlatt, Germany 4-Nov-45. Died Non Battle (DNB) 

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

 

All passengers listed below on board C-47A Skytrain personnel transport mission from Bovingdon, England to Munich, Germany (Tail #43-15104) carrying members of a heavy bomber crew and transporting suppliers from Britain to Germany. All 16 killed while bound for Munich and crashed over Schlatt (Baden-Wurttemberg region), Germany approx. 3pm CET after hitting a mountain due to dense fog.

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2. CREW: 2nd Lt Albert Bernard Apple – (aged 22) – DOB: August 3, 1924 (Service ID #O-831078; 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot of C-47)

 

1. CREW: S/SGT Harry Vanver Peters (aged 21) – DOB: July 5, 1923 (Service ID #35761629; 8AF USAAF. Co-pilot of C-47)

 

1. CREW: 2nd Lt Roger James Dibble (aged 23) – DOB: September 1, 1922 (Service ID #17114490 / O-2009502; 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Co-Pilot of C-47)

 

1. CREW: CPL Heinz “Henry” Fred Jendral – (aged 25) – DOB: May 3, 1920 (Service ID #36851369; 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Flight Engineer of C-47)

 

1. S/SGT Morris E. Moore (aged 22) – DOB: May 14, 2023 (Flight Engineer/Top turret Gunner Service ID #15383040; 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF)

 

1. S/SGT John Paul Gattermeir (aged 23) – DOB: February 18, 1922 (Service ID #16052697; 8AF USAAF)

 

1. S/SGT Ray Alfred Millsaps (aged 23) – DOB: June 23, 1922 (Waist Gunner; Service ID #19138243; 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF)

 

1. S/SGT Earl Leroy Block (aged 21) – DOB: January 16, 1924 (Service ID #39410912; 442TCG, 9AF USAAF)

 

1. S/SGT Martin Kenez, Jr. (aged 27) – DOB: August 28, 1918 (Service ID #12034722; 442TCG, 9AF USAAF)

 

1.  S/SGT David Jack (aged 32) – DOB: April 8, 1913 (Service ID #36676404; 442TCG, 9AF USAAF)

 

1.  SGT Arthur Bernhart Cederberg (aged 23) – DOB: October 30, 1922 (Service ID #19176619; 8AF USAAF)

 

1.  T/SGT Claude Morris White (aged 21) – DOB: January 24, 1924 (Service ID #17127786; 8AF USAAF)

 

1.  T/SGT Laverne Fredrick Redfield (aged 21) – DOB: October 25, 1924 (Service ID #36824420; 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF)

 

1.  1st Lt Norman Paul Henderson – (aged 24) – DOB: February 25, 1921 (Service ID #O-783765; Heavy Bomber Pilot 3rd Air Division, 8th AF)

 

1. 1st Lt Ernest William Koskela (aged 23) – DOB: June 28, 1922 (Service ID #O-828193; 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF)

 

 Flight Officer Jackie Eugene Daves (aged 21) – DOB: February 18, 1924 (Service ID #T-006255; 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF)