42-29713 Bad Penny
Delivered Cheyenne 8/2/43; Pueblo 19/2/43; Salina 27/2/43; Brookley 19/3/43; Smoky Hill 23/3/43; Syracuse 7/4/43.
Assigned 333BS/94BG Bassingbourn 18/4/43, then 332BS; Earls Colne 12/5/43; Rougham 13/6/43.
Transferred 407BS/92BG [PY-K] Alconbury 26/7/43.
Transferred 525BS/379BG [FR-X] Kimbolton 5/9/43.
Missing in Action Frankfurt 4/10/43 with Joe Ondo, Co-pilot: Bob Regnier, Navigator: Bill Morter, Bombardier: Joe LaSpada, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Sims, Radio Operator: Floyd Rye, Ball turret gunner: Joe Ruth, Waist gunner: Chas Freund, Waist gunner: Jerome Hannon, Tail gunner: Lou Peterson (10 Prisoner of War). Enemy aircraft, crashed Paris, France. Missing Air Crew Report 960. BAD PENNY.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
France | 4 October 1943 |