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C-47 Skytrain
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024.
Crew: Pilot 1Lt Louis M Roberts [MA], Co 2Lt Edward R Petzold [MN], Crew Chief T/Sgt Jim W McDonald [TX], Radio S/Sgt Robert L Casperson [PA].
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88th Troop Carrier Squadron
Squadron
People
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Robert Casperson
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio operator | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024 Awards: AM (OLC), PH. -
Jim McDonald
Military | Technical Sergeant | Crew Chief | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024. ... -
Edward Petzold
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024 Awards: AM (OLC), PH. -
Louis Roberts
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 438th Troop Carrier Group
Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 11024. ...
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Greenham Common
Military site : airfield
Built for the RAF in 1942 as an Operational Training Unit, it was handed over to the Eighth Air Force in 1942, and was the 51st Troop Carrier Wing's HQ in 1942. Greenham Common became a Ninth Air Force base in 1943, and was then home to a series of...
Events
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| Manufactured | Long Beach, CA, USA | 1944 |
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Built at Douglas. |
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| Delivered | California, USA | 1944 |
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Delivered to USAAF. |
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| Assigned | RAF Greenham Common, Greenham, Thatcham RG19 6HN, UK | 1944 |
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Assigned to 88TCS, 438TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
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| Crashed | 6640 Assenois, Belgium | 23 December 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply mission to Bastogne, on run in to DZ, for reasons unknown, A/C went into a power dive and crashed with the loss of the crew. 23-Dec-44. 4 x KIA. MACR 11024. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 January 2017 14:13:29 | Al_Skiff | Changes to production block number, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:41:07 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 11024 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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