44-6104 Homing Pigeon

media-52738.jpeg UPL 52738 AC # 44-6104 'Homing Pigeon' 613th BS, 401st BG

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Object Number - UPL 52738 - AC # 44-6104 'Homing Pigeon' 613th BS, 401st BG

Delivered Tulsa 4/5/44; Kearney 11/5/44; Grenier 26/5/44; Assigned 613BS/401BG [IN-N] Deenethorpe 1/6/44



Detailed Merseburg 13/9/44 with Romie Annis, Co-pilot: Forrest Clark, Navigator: Bernard Madden, Bombardier: Jim Jensen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Corliss, Radio Operator: Vince Chalupczynski,tg-Leslie Johnson (7 Returned to Duty); Ball turret gunner: Frank Kot, Waist gunner: Leon Mitchell (2 Prisoner of War). MACR 8919.



Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Bob Keck, Larry Istel, Hollis Freeman, Sam Shepard, Leon Stoger, Ed Fialkowski, Bill Metcalf (7 Prisoner of War); Dick Engler, Elwood Norr; flak and enemy aircraft, crashed Zeitz, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report 10411.



HOMING PIDGEON.

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Units served with

People

Elwood W Norr

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Harold Quist

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Samuel Shepard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-1998600
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Leonard V Stoeger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Irving Woliver

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Missions

548

  • Date: 13 August 1944
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Five men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing flying gear. There is also some gear lying in front of the men.

531

  • Date: 8 August 1944
A B-24 Liberator of the 492nd Bomb Group bombs a target near Hamburg. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'USAF- 492nd BG showing successful result on oil target near Hamburg, 6 Aug 1944.'

524

  • Date: 6 August 1944
A mission log for Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst of the 91st Bomb Group, 3 August 1944 -15 December 1944. Image via Lieutenant Colonel Paul Chryst, 91st Bomb Group.

519

  • Date: 5 August 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 21 November 1944

Revisions

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=6104

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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Aircraft/Details.aspx?ID=6104

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Associated people from MACR 8919 - http://www.fold3.com

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10411 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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