44-6194 Berlin Sleeper III
Delivered Tulsa 27/5/44; Hunter 21/6/44; Dow Fd 2/7/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Ploesti 19/8/44 with Gordon Heap, Co-pilot: Jim Terry, Navigator: Warren Laufe, Waist gunner: Edgar Baker (4 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Sylvan Levey, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Goode, Radio Operator: Rolland Nuber, Ball turret gunner: John McGlynchey, Tail gunner: John Creviston (5 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ploesti; Missing Air Crew Report 9717. BERLIN SLEEPER III.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34787319
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20519922
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38046755
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18076318 / O-756229
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13108486 / O-710280
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Tulsa AAF, OK | 27 May 1944 | Delivered Tulsa AAF 27-May-44. |
Assigned |
Celone, Foggia, Italy | 12 July 1944 | Assigned to 772BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Crashed |
Ploesti | 19 August 1944 | Missing in Action Ploesti 19-Aug-44 flak, crashed Ploesti; MACR 9717. |
Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA | Built at Douglas. |