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Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. 4 x POW, 7 x EVD MACR 9135

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15054109
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33603266
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15134066 / O-823337
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15133235 / T-125717 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19137317 / O-770999
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

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Events

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Crashed

Nth of Mostar, Yugoslavia 7 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. 4 x POW, 7 x EVD MACR 9135

Assigned

Manduria, Italy Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF.

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