42-95379 - Extra Joker
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
The B-24-H-30-FO, named, Extra Joker, SN, 42 95379, was in the 15th Air Force, the 451st Bomb Group, and the 725th Bomb Squadron. RCL P 35. Extra Joker, was being flown by Lt. Kenneth A Whiting and the crew of, the B-24, Thunder Mug, when it was shot down after being hit by cannon fire from an attacking FW-190 enemy fighter plane over Turnitz, Austria and was destroyed and lost in the resulting mid air explosion after the enemy aircraft scored numerous hits on the bomber. Aircraft shot down and lost. Failed To Return, AUT. 23 Aug 44. MACR 7956 Pg1 / Pg2. MACR 7956 Pg1 / Pg2 Extra Joker's entire replacement crew from, Thunder Mug, were killed and lost. 10-KIA. 23 Aug 44. Replacement crew KIA on, Extra Joker, from, Thunder Mug. -1st Lt Kenneth A Whiting - pilot (KIA) Salt Lake City, Utah
1st Lt Alvin W Moore - copilot (KIA) McMinnville, Oregon
2nd Lt Francis J Bednarek - navigator (KIA) Ashley, Pennsylvania
2nd Lt Edward S Waneski - bombardier (KIA) Brooklyn, New York
Sgt Peter Breda - top turret gunner (KIA) Lima, Ohio
Sgt Harry V Bates - ball turret gunner (KIA) Reinholds, Pennsylvania
Sgt Joseph Garbacz - right waist gunner (KIA) Detroit, Michigan
S/Sgt Milton R Nitsch - left waist gunner (KIA) Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Sgt Elmer J Anderson - nose turret gunner (KIA) Los Angeles, California
Sgt Oscar W Bateman - tail turret gunner (KIA) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Assigned |
71025 Castelluccio dei Sauri FG, Italy | 30 May 1944 | Assigned to the 725th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. |
Other Shot Down |
Türnitz, Austria | 23 August 1944 | A/C was attacked and strafed by FW-190s over Turnitz, Austria on 23 August 1944. The fire that started on the left wing behind the #1 engine led to an explosion which left the A/C uncontrollable with all crew members KIA [killed in action]. MACR 7956. |
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