42-39768 Spikey Chair
Delivered Long Beach 26/8/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY-A] Thurleigh 9/10/43; Missing in Action Bremen 13/12/43 with Wesley Brinkley, Co-pilot: Chas Mull, Bombardier: Don Dickson, Radio Operator: Fred Kittredge, Ball turret gunner: George Murat, Waist gunner: Stan Rust, Tail gunner: Floyd Younger (7 Killed in Action), Navigator: Bernie Grossman, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ralph Landherr, Waist gunner: Frank Cargill (3 POW - picked up by German fishing boat); KO’d by flak, ditched North Sea. Missing Air Crew Report 1575.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37384525
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19085313 / O-746404
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15040640
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33273727
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37228640
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Long Beach, CA | 26 August 1943 | Delivered Long Beach 26-Aug-43. |
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Assigned |
Thurleigh, UK | 9 October 1943 | Assigned 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Vicinity Hohe Weg, Germany | 13 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bremen 13-Dec-43; Fell behind Group due to mech issues, bombed target through overcast, on return hit by tracking flak. Abandoned by crew over Jade Bight near Wilhelmshaven 3 x POW, 7 x KIA MACR 1575 |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA |