Burnis Copley

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-17521.jpeg UPL 17521 Crew #519
John C. MacDonald Crew

Back Row Left to Right: John C. MacDonald (P), James D. Mullins (N), Carl E. Bailey (B), Gordon Sinclair (CP)

Middle Row Left to Right: Chauncey Cheek (LWG), Otto M. Kaushup (R/O). Earnest Akens (TG), P.W. Davis (NG)

Front Row Left to Right: William R. Kent (FE), Burnis Copley (RWG)

This crew was shot down on 11 May 1944. All aboard that day were KIA. Of those in the photo, Sinclair, Cheek and Davis were NOT aboard. They were replaced that day by James H. Johnson (CP), James A. Paulos (BTG) and John F. Gordon (LWG). Also aboard and KIA was William R. Dwyer (PN)

466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 17521 - Crew #519 John C. MacDonald Crew Back Row Left to Right: John C. MacDonald (P), James D. Mullins (N), Carl E. Bailey (B), Gordon Sinclair...

Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 41-28664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA).



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Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-28664

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Merchant of Venice
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed in Action

Eastern France 11 May 1944 a/c went missing while trying to reach Switzerland after being damaged by flak near Epinal.

Born

Pike County, KY, USA

Buried

Tablet of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton South Cambridgeshire District Cambridgeshire, England
Matewan, WV, USA

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
466th BG Historian;
MACR 4802 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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466th BG Historian

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466th BG HIstorian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4802

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