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Crew of Bottled in Bond (#42-102584) 94th Bomb Grp, 332nd Bomb Sqd.
Kneeling, left to right: Tom Williams, pilot, Edwin (Eddie) Waite, co-pilot, Joe Davis, navigator, Lewis Ranck, bombardier
Standing, left to right: Kenneth McLean, engineer, Wayne Waters, waist gunner, Herb Schocket, radio operator, Casimir Skomski waist gunner, JW (Smitty) Smith, tail gunner, Jerry Pasquale, ball turret gunner.
Aircraft lost 05-12-1944 on mission to Brux oil refineries. all members of crew survived and were taken as POWs
Obtained this photo in 2007 after speaking with surviving crew member Edwin Waite, co-pilot on Bottled In Bond on the mission over to Brux, on the day the plane was downed
Group
Activated 15 June 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Initial organization and training at Pendleton Field, Oregon on 29 June 1942. Primary flight training at Davis-Monthan Field in Arizona from 28 Aug. 42 to 31 Oct. 42; then at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas...
Squadron
Part of 94th Bomb Group.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102584 'Bottled In Bond', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102584 'Bottled In Bond'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Lt Waite questionnaire page placed mistakenly in MACR 2242 (381stBG, 534th BS) on page #22.
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot
Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42102584 'Bottled In Bond. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 16/3/44; Gr Island 1/4/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM- ] Rougham 8/4/44; Missing in Action Brux 12/5/44 with Tom Williams, Co-pilot: Edwin Waite, Navigator: Joe Davis, Bombardier: Lew Ranck, Flight engineer/top turret...
12 May 1944
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 September 2018 00:29:57 | jvbednarski | Changes to caption |
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received photo from surviving crew member |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 September 2018 00:16:17 | jvbednarski | Changes to unit associations |
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received photo from surviving crew member in 2007 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2018 23:31:33 | jvbednarski | Created entry with caption, person associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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I received this photo from the plane's co pilot in 2007 after speaking with him on the telephone |
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