42-39972 Our Buddy
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UPL 48625
Delivered Long Beach 23/10/43; Walla Walla 9/11/43; Assigned 728BS/452BG Deopham Green 18/1/44, Missing in Action Misburg 31/12/44 with Jack Money, Radio Operator: Frank Machen, Ball turret gunner: Don Lester, Waist gunner: Gerald Stimmel, Tail gunner: Grady Miller (5 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Neudorfer, Navigator: Joe Hill (Wounded in Action), Bombardier: Frank Jones, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clyde Bellefeuille (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Rotenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11233. OUR BUDDY.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 14161558
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 31 December 1944 |