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Delivered Denver 20/2/43; Presque Is 19/4/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GN-N] Molesworth 2/6/43; on training flight 4/8/43 crashed Arenig Fawr Mt, Bala, Merioneth, Wales with Jim Pratt, Co-pilot: Bill Bowling, Navigator: Allan Boner, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walt Johnson, Radio Operator: Fred Royar, Waist gunner: Walt Robinson, Waist gunner: Phil Simonte, pass-Alf Van Dyke (8 Killed in Service). Apart from tail unit, aircraft was burnt out, Salvaged.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16151178
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18089601
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
Places
Missions
- Date: 15 June 1943
- Date: 13 June 1943
- Date: 11 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Mt. Arenig Fawr, Snowdonia, Wales | 8 August 1943 | Crashed during a cross-country night training flight into the summit of the mountain. Three of the passengers were stand ins. Some aspects of the aspect were salvaged, but most of it was totally destroyed. |