42-29854 Ole Flak Sack
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 26/2/43; Casper 13/3/43; Tinker 10/4/43; Memphis 17/4/43; Presque 27/4/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-B] Ridgewell 4/5/43; in landing accident at base with Leo Jarvis 7/8/43; Missing in Action 1+m Bremen 8/10/43 with Art Sample, Navigator: Capt Norman MacKay, tog-Bob Moore, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Ballou, Radio Operator: Warren Heintz, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Olson, Waist gunner: Bill Grayson, Tail gunner: George Johnston (8 Killed in Action), Co-pilot: Ed Cytarzynski, Waist gunner: Jim Forbes, (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Doerrieloh, 14 miles E of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1395. 'OLE FLAK SACK.'
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19055921
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-724059
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16046538
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19054793
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672444
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
8 October 1943 |