The B-24D, 42-40735, named, Sand Witch. B-24-D-90-CO, 42-40735. TDY 9th Air Force, the 389th Bomb Group, in the 566th Bomb Squadron. RCL C. The aircraft was hit by flak over it's target, at Campina, Ploesti, caught on fire and crashed in flames, killing the entire crew, with the exception of the tail gunner, Zerril Steen, who, though badly burned in the crash, managed to crawl clear of the wreck and survived - POW. 1POW-WIA. - 9 KIA. 1 Aug 1943