42-5260 Yardbird II

media-19834.jpeg UPL 19834 YARDBIRD II

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Object Number - UPL 19834 - YARDBIRD II

Delivered Denver 26/10/42; Salina 15/12/42.

Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-A] Molesworth 29/1/43; 43m.



Missing in Action Emden 2/10/43 with all crew killed :

- Pilot, Paul Tippet;

- Co-pilot, Llewellyn Nemitz;

- Navigator, Edwin Mims;

- Bombardier, Bernie Rice;

- Flight engineer/top turret gunner, Oaks Smith;

- Radio Operator, Tom Richardson;

- Ball turret gunner: Abe Rasch;

- Waist gunner, Hugh Gibney;

- Waist gunner, Bill Greason;

- Tail gunner, Jack Randall;

- Photographer, Carney Rhodes.



Enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea.

Missing Air Crew Report 738.

YARDBIRD II.



See more at http://www.303rdbg.com/360tippet.html

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-726974
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735486
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15068650
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Sergeant Fred Dioquardo of the 303rd Bomb Group stokes the stove inside a hut. Image stamped on reverse: ''Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 28 Jan 1943.' [stamp], '245666.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Stoking the stove in an American Army Air Force hut somewhere in England. Sergeant Fred Dioquardo, of Bayport, Long Island, asked the photographer to send this message back to his parents and fiance Miss H Sherwood , Maple Ave, Long Island: "I will be home when I
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 7071292
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-430994
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Near Emden, Germany 2 October 1943

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Update to location and biography from http://www.303rdbg.com/360tippet.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 738 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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