42-40938 D-Cup / Bathtub Bessie
Great nephew of Edward Miller, completing genealogical research with supporting documentation of entered information
B-24D 42-40938 was shot down over Doudeville, France with the William Loveday crew on the 15 September 1943 mission to the Romilly-sur-Seine Air Depot near Paris. Crashed 1km South of Doudeville, 15km NE of Yvetot, Seine Maritime, France. 4 KIA : Pilot William Loveday, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner Walter A. Meyers, Ball Turret Gunner Raymond L. Darnell, and Radio Operator Haywood L. Glass, Jr. 5 POWs : Co-Pilot Robert W. Keller; Navigator Edward F. Miller; Right Waist Gunner Clarence M. Howze, Left Waist Gunner Thomas Gilbert and Tail Gunner Joseph L. Walther. The evader was Bombardier Earl D. Warren Jr. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 15215.
"Lt. Earl D. Warren, Jr. returned to base 17 September 1944. He reports that A/C No. 938 was damaged by flak or fighters just at dusky dark while the group was returning. A/C No. 938 had to struggle and was attacked by enemy fighters. The left wing caught fire and the order was given to bail out. Lt. Warren was in the nose with Lt. Edward Miller. After Lt. Miller jumped and just as Lt. Warren was preparing to jump a large shell or rocket came into the A/C from underneath, striking just back of the nose wheel and probably passed on up through the cockpit. Lt. Warren remembers wondering if the shell got anyone in the cockpit area or on the flight deck. That is the last memory until he awakened on the ground. He does not remember leaving the A/C or pulling his rip cord or landing. He landed in the vicinity of Fauville-en-Caux and the French told him the plane had crashed nearby. He was not able to ascertain how many, if any, bodies were in the plane when it crashed. Lt. Warren evaded capture for a year and was released when the Allies occupied the territory in which he was hiding." (3 October 1944 - Brutus K. Hamilton, Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence Officer)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36066774
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 329th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18136927
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator of B-24
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-742729
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot of B-24D #42-40938
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 15 September 1943
Revisions
Raymond L. Glass, Jr. was misspelled. Actually was Haywood L. Glass, Jr. He was KIA, not POW.
Great nephew of Edward Miller, completing genealogical research with supporting documentation of entered information. User BrianWright
According to Wallace Forman's "B-24 Nose Art Name Directory", the "NANA" in the 389th BG / 566BS was Serial 42-94973 !
42-40398 was "D-Cup"... and shot down over France on 15 September with the Loveday crew.
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MACR 15215