42-30009 Feather Merchant
Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Hobbs 6/5/43; Presque Is 21/5/43; Dow Fd 23/5/43; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-G] Ridgewell 25/5/43 with Leo Jarvis, Gene Mancinelli, Dick Riley, Bill Lockhart, Harry Seymore, Warren Heintz, Harry Strecher, Chas Persinger, Gene Roehl, Herman Grossman;
Missing in Action 5m Bremen 8/10/43 with Jack Pry, Co-pilot: Cecil Quinley, Navigator: Roger Burwell, Bombardier: Theo Snyder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed LaPointe, Radio Operator: Russ Frautschi, Waist gunner: Carl Baird,Tail gunner: Martin Brandt (8 Prisoner of War), Ball turret gunner: Irvin Smith, Waist gunner: Alf Johnson (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Hagewede-Brockum, 10 miles S of Diepholz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1397. FEATHER MERCHANT.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39535449
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37227087
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-674138
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35333697
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 October 1943 |