42-30063 Picklepuss
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Object Number - UPL 76966 - 42-30063 Picklepuss, 100th BG
Delivered Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Kearney 22/5/43; Dow Fd 29/5/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 2/6/43 PADDLEFOOT; transferred 418BS/100BG [LD-S] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 17/8/43 with Capt Bob Knox, Co-pilot: John Whitaker, Ball turret gunner: Frank Tychewicz, Waist gunner: Alex Markowski, Waist gunner: Joe LaSpada, Tail gunner: Henry Norton (6 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Ernie Warsaw, Navigator: Edwin Tobin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Glover Barney, Radio Operator: Walt Paulsen (4 Prisoner of War); Me 110s KO’d one engine then ship lost another before a wing snapped off, crashed Schmalgraf, five miles N of Eupen, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 677. PICKLEPUSS.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12077723
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-732685
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36344174
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667461
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-795061
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Missions
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 17 August 1943 |