43-22495

media-48601.jpeg UPL 48601 A-26C-20-DT #43-22495 Code: 5H-G
416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF
The factory installed clear bombardier's nose has
been field replaced by a solid nose with guns.

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Object Number - UPL 48601 - A-26C-20-DT #43-22495 Code: 5H-G 416th BG - 668th BS - 9th AF The factory installed clear bombardier's nose has been field replaced by a solid...

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Units served with

416th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

668th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Ralph Joseph Lackner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-760872
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

William Henderson Laseter

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot - Technical Inspector

William A Miller

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Aerial Gunner

James Potter Phillips

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 668th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Leroy Robert Zeimet

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 416th Bomb Group 671st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other First 416th BG Combat Mission	Miltenberg, Germany	22 February 1945
Other Shot Down	Schoenaich, Germany	28 March 1945	One plane, with a crew of F/O H.G. Gunkel and Sergeant L.J. Grzona, disappeared from the formation and is unaccounted for. The crew is listed as MIA. It was last seen going through the overcast at the start of the bomb run. The A/C crashed into the forest near the small village of Schoenaich, Germany. The remains of the two killed crew member [Gunkel and Grzona] were buried in the cemetery in Siegendorf, the next little village.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

First 416th BG Combat Mission

Miltenberg, Germany

22 February 1945

Other

Shot Down

Schoenaich, Germany

28 March 1945

One plane, with a crew of F/O H.G. Gunkel and Sergeant L.J. Grzona, disappeared from the formation and is unaccounted for. The crew is listed as MIA. It was last seen going through the overcast at the start of the bomb run. The A/C crashed into the forest near the small village of Schoenaich, Germany. The remains of the two killed crew member [Gunkel and Grzona] were buried in the cemetery in Siegendorf, the next little village.