42-107135 Homesick Angel
Delivered Denver 2/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 21/4/44; Assigned 549BS/385BG [XA-N] Gt Ashfield 24/4/44; Missing in Action Handorf 15/8/44 with Neil Rosener, Co-pilot: George Flynn, Navigator: Hubert Graves, Bombardier: Lester Esterman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Harry Fiscus, Radio Operator: Roland Reid, Ball turret gunner: Clarry Dosser, Waist gunner: Laverne Rohrbaugh, Ph-Cliff Peek, Tail gunner: Joe Lopes (10 POW - all picked up by a German boat); flak damage, crashed Ijsselmeer, E of Enkhuizen, Hol. Missing Air Crew Report 7908. HOMESICK ANGEL.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot / Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Ilssemer | 15 August 1944 |