42-52624 Boxcar
UPL 60255
UPL 60255
B-24 42-52624 'Boxcar'
Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. All except Seaborn were aboard when BOX CAR was shot down on a mission to Angers, France by flak over France. Crashed Rennes, France Schwab, Gross, and Siegel were the only survivors. Cecil J. Smith - Bombardier
Howard F. Seaborn - Navigator
Norman C. Van Kirk - Co-Pilot
Floyd Schwab - Pilot
Billy D. Gross - Engineer
Melvin Siegel - Tail Gunner
August M. Olsen - Radio Operator
Clarence E. Walker - Waist Gunner
Robert K. Marxmiller - Ball Gunner
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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: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19101641
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35150473
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Rennes, France | 7 June 1944 |