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Object Number - UPL 25924 - ALC
Hit by FW190 fighters, crashed near Ponthion, ±15km NE of Vitry-le-François, Marne Department, France. Pilot John H. Combs Jr (POW); Co-Pilot Charles W. Roof (EVD); Navigator Eugene M. Hoag (EVD); Bombardier Charles G. Bieber (KIA); Radio Operator Robert O. Behrens (EVD); Top Turret gunner Anthony B. McKeon (EVD); Ball Turret gunner Clayton L. Miller (KIA); Left Waist gunner Harry L. Tamboer (KIA); Right Waist gunner Joe Wagner (POW) and Tail Gunner Rochatd O. McCarthy (KIA). 4 Killed In Action (KIA), 2 Prisoners of War (POW), 4 Evaded (EVD). Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4342.
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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: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32220382
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36435582
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-688166
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35621166
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14114918 at enlistment, then O-742065
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 25 April 1944
- Date: 24 April 1944
- Date: 22 April 1944
- Date: 18 April 1944
- Date: 11 April 1944
Revisions
MACR 4342 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
