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Cheyenne 4/3/44; Kearney 22/3/44; Grenier 7/4/44; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-O] Rougham 8/4/44; detailed on training mission 23/4/44 with Norman Skinner, Co-pilot: Ken Storey, instr. p-Jack Webb, pass-Pte Don Morgart, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Tudisco, Ball turret gunner: Joe Brownlee, Waist gunner: Bill Copeland, Waist gunner: Ben Leone, pass-Tom McKeon (9 Killed in Service); Radio Operator: Harry Sonnet,Tail gunner: John Cooney (2 Returned to Duty); hydraulic fluid started leaking which then caught fire and crew found no extinguishers on board, crashed Cooper’s Farm, Lawshall, Suffolk, UK. Salvaged 24/4/44.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Revisions
Added production block. Added BG and BS link. As per Dave Osbourne's master log