Rollin C Looker
Military
Back row - Left to right :
1st Lt. Selansky - Navigator
1st Lt. Reginald L Carpenter - Command Pilot;
1st Lt. Edwin L Rumsey Jr. - Copilot;
2nd Lt. Berthel Swensson - Bombardier;
SSgt. Frederick W Durand - Gunner - KIA - Ploesti
Front row, left to right :
SSgt. Walter L Brown - Gunner
TSgt. Joseph F Manquen - Radio Operator
SSgt. Glenn O Higley - Assisstant Flight Engineer
TSgt. Vincent E Huenerberg - Flight Engineer
SSgt. Rollin C Looker - Assisstent Radio Operator
Best Web - B-24 - 41-24024 - Bewitching Witch
Object Number - UPL 13736 - Lt. Reginald Carpenter's crew in the 67th Bomb Squadron, the 44th Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force in Britain, 1942-43, before being temporarily...
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-24024. The aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire over the target, she was limping home when she was caught by fighters over the Ionian Sea and forced to ditch 127 km North of Benghazi,Libya. He was rescued after crash landing and returned to duty.
Severely damaged by flak after making two bomb runs over the target of Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944, B-24 42-100073 'Sack Artist' crashed near Dubendorf, Switzerland after the crew baled out. Interned.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Interned (INT) |
Austria | 18 March 1944 | |
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Born |
Topeka, Kansas, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15859
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3407 / MACR 3407, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, 44t Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database