42-29958 Battlin Bombsprayer
Delivered Denver 17/3/43; Pueblo 8/4/43; Smoky Hill 7/5/43; Dow Fd 21/5/43; Assigned 534BS/381BG [GD-J] Ridgewell 24/5/43 with Alan Tucker, Earl Muchway, Dave Harris, Dick Rylands, Chas Raglin, Bill Savage, Jim Klingenberger, John Willdredge, Grover Bonsall, Dan Vina; Missing in Action Anklam 9/10/43 with Jim Loftin, Co-pilot: Chester Cornell, Navigator: Hyman Beckerman, Bombardier: Stan Czarny, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Leon Kwoka, Ball turret gunner: Gene Cyrek, Waist gunner: Joe Nader, Waist gunner: Allen Huhn (8 Prisoner of War), Radio Operator: Chas Silverberg,Tail gunner: Allen Alford (2 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Schonberg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 886. BATTLIN' BOMBSPRAYER.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39398025
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-669955
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741968
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12184210
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner, waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32424605
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 16 September 1943
- Date: 6 September 1943
- Date: 3 September 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 |