44-6555
Delivered Hunter 6/9/44; Grenier 21/9/44; Assigned 772BS/463BG Celone 11/10/44;
Missing in Action Ruhland 15/3/45 with pilot Walter Griffith; co-pilot, Isles (Pat) O’Malley: navigator, Jack Fyfe; bombardier, Jack Thomas; flight engineer/top turret gunner, Darwin Bartow; radio operator, Gerald Koty; ball turret gunner, Richard (Shorty) Oberley; left waist Gunner, Erwin Lange; right waist gunner, Jack Mitchell; tail gunner, Don Baker; monitor. Emil Meersand. Flak, crashed Gorlitz; Missing Air Crew Report 12999.
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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
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20251634
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Revisions
ContributorPaul Globus
Changes
Sources
Paul Globus, nephew of radio operator, Gerald Koty. October 16, 2019