42-63987 Southwind
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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: 93rd Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37296550
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795241
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: FR954276
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Hollland | 1 December 1943 |
Revisions
From Werner Wolfs (User D-Day_44) :-
The last two weeks a team of historians has been digging on the place the B-24 serial number 42-63987 has crashed in the Woods near Herresbach (Belgium )
There main thing was to find MIA pilot "Joseph Wurzer " . Last weekend there work has ended and they left the site of the crashed plane .
Thought some of you would like to know this .
I visited the site yesterday with my son
article now in a Belgian newspaper ( German Languae) :
https://www.grenzecho.net/21704/artikel/2019-09-20/suche-nach-uberresten...
My great uncle was Teddy Stamper. His widow published a collection of his letters to her before he was KIA. In his letters he states he was assigned to the Southwind upon arriving in England in July 1943
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