42-29877 Speed Ball
Object Number - UPL 31916 - Screencap from History Channel's To Hell and Back: The 351st Bomb Group.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/3/43; Pueblo 14/3/43; Presque Is 10/4/43; Assigned 511BS/351BG [DS-X] Polebrook 16/4/43; Missing in Action 24m Bordeaux 31/12/43 with Albert E. Jones, Navigator: Alfred L. Dearborn, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: David H. Van Dyke, Radio Operator: William J. Brennan, Ball turret gunner: Carl Q. Bekken, Waist gunner: Casimir Palvic, Waist gunner: Michael T. Morey,Tail gunner: Raymond F. Brittner (8KIA-most through exposure); Co-pilot: Kenneth L. Vaughn, Bombardier: Charles A. Bronako (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, ditched off Guernsey, Channel Is. Missing Air Crew Report 1982. SPEED BALL.
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![An Airman of the 305th Bomb Group in his quarters Passed for publication 2 Jun 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '2/6/43.' Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Daily Sketch, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407722.jpg.webp?itok=Ukic2OZh)
- Date: 21 May 1943
- Date: 15 May 1943
- Date: 14 May 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
10 miles North of Guernesey | 31 December 1943 | Ditched in the Channel, 10 miles North of Guernesey |