42-30624 Queen Bee
Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Delivered Amarillo 1/7/43; Cheyenne 26/7/43; Dyersburg 7/8/43; Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-Q] Bassingbourn 23/9/43; Missing in Action Emden 27/9/43 with Cleo Struble, Co-pilot: Bob Schweitzer, Navigator: Dave Lee died in hospital 4/10/43, Bombardier: Norman Pidgeon, Radio Operator: Carl Wiedebusch (5 Killed in Action), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Delmar Morgan, Waist gunner: Pete DeSanto, Waist gunner: Francis Stevens, Ball turret gunner: Ralph Aford, Tail gunner: Burdette Rausch (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Ihlowerfehn, 11 miles W of Emden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 669. Salvaged 30/9/43.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35267183
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 27 September 1943 |