44-6176
Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/8/44 with Dwight Hastings, Co-pilot: Ken Durtschi, Navigator: Jim Shaw, Bombardier: Dominic Siani, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Julius Karp, Radio Operator: Harry Barth, Waist gunner: John Case, Waist gunner: Jim Devlin,Tail gunner: Nicanor Reyes (9 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Howard Kidney (KIA, shot from ground while in his ‘chute); flak hit #2, crashed Mechnitz; Missing Air Crew Report 7470.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13111885 / O-755116
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Tulsa AAF, OK | 20 May 1944 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 20-May-44. |
Assigned |
Mechnitz, Poland | 7 August 1944 | Missing in Action Blechhammer 7-Aug-44 flak hit #2, crashed Mechnitz; MACR 7470. |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA |