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Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Gore 12/3/43; Presque Is 8/4/43; Assigned 510BS/351BG [TU-H] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 1m Courtrai 14/5/43 with Capt Bill Forsythe, Co-pilot: R. C. Stewart, Navigator: Jim McDonald, Bombardier: Bob Ostheimer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Wilton Wixom, Radio Operator: Francis Daly, Waist gunner: Tom Culkin,Tail gunner: Ralph Tarr (8 Prisoner of War); Waist gunner: Leroy Donaldson, Ball turret gunner: Albert Jensen (2 Killed in Action); one engine was smoking and dropped out of formation before enemy aircraft attacked, crashed Dadizele, near Ypres, Bel. THE ANNIHILATOR.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734494
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 661988
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33206316
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39090636
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator