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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Monitor
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
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ContributorPaul Globus
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Paul Globus, nephew of radio operator, Gerald Koty. October 16, 2019