T/SGT William M. Bucher KIA
Service# 36814876
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pilot: Lt.Brooks
Target:Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
Target:Hamburg
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 21-Nov-44
Serial Number: 42-50452
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Earthquake Magoon
Location:
Cause: EARTHQUAKE MCGOON was lost in a mid-air collision 21 Nov 44 with another 389th BG aircraft 44-10513. The pilot of EARTHQUAKE MCGOON on this day was Lt. Alfred Brooks. Brooks was the only survivor from his aircraft. Two survived from aircraft 44-10513. Seventeen were killed in the collision and their names are are on a memorial at the Kirby Bedon church near where the collision occurred.
Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
This collision occurred during assembly, which was over Carleton Rode, a village sandwiched between Old Buckenham and Tibenham and more than 12 miles WSW of Kirby Bedon. There is a memorial plaque and stained glass window in Carleton Rode church.A propeller blade still with its yellow tip and Hamilton Standard transfer label was unearthed while plowing fields in 1984.
Note: "Earthquake McGoon" was flown by Pilot Walter Bunker and crew on the August 1,1943 low-level mission to Ploesti,Romania. They made it back unhurt.
42-50452 Crew
1st/Lt. Alfred V. Brooks Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. . Donald R. Bremer Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Niel R. Snodgrass Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stanley H. Smith Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William M. Bucher Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Julius Heitler Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William C. Sawyer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Carl V. Hughes Gunner KIA
Service# 36814876
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pilot: Lt.Brooks
Target:Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
Target:Hamburg
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 21-Nov-44
Serial Number: 42-50452
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Earthquake Magoon
Location:
Cause: EARTHQUAKE MCGOON was lost in a mid-air collision 21 Nov 44 with another 389th BG aircraft 44-10513. The pilot of EARTHQUAKE MCGOON on this day was Lt. Alfred Brooks. Brooks was the only survivor from his aircraft. Two survived from aircraft 44-10513. Seventeen were killed in the collision and their names are are on a memorial at the Kirby Bedon church near where the collision occurred.
Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
This collision occurred during assembly, which was over Carleton Rode, a village sandwiched between Old Buckenham and Tibenham and more than 12 miles WSW of Kirby Bedon. There is a memorial plaque and stained glass window in Carleton Rode church.A propeller blade still with its yellow tip and Hamilton Standard transfer label was unearthed while plowing fields in 1984.
Note: "Earthquake McGoon" was flown by Pilot Walter Bunker and crew on the August 1,1943 low-level mission to Ploesti,Romania. They made it back unhurt.
42-50452 Crew
1st/Lt. Alfred V. Brooks Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. . Donald R. Bremer Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Niel R. Snodgrass Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stanley H. Smith Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William M. Bucher Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Julius Heitler Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William C. Sawyer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Carl V. Hughes Gunner KIA
T/SGT William M. Bucher KIA
Service# 36814876
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pilot: Lt.Brooks
Target:Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
Target:Hamburg
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 21-Nov-44
Serial Number: 42-50452
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Earthquake Magoon
Location:
Cause: EARTHQUAKE MCGOON was lost in a mid-air collision 21 Nov 44 with another 389th BG aircraft 44-10513. The pilot of EARTHQUAKE MCGOON on this day was Lt. Alfred Brooks. Brooks was the only survivor from his aircraft. Two survived from aircraft 44-10513. Seventeen were killed in the collision and their names are are on a memorial at the Kirby Bedon church near where the collision occurred.
Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
This collision occurred during assembly, which was over Carleton Rode, a village sandwiched between Old Buckenham and Tibenham and more than 12 miles WSW of Kirby Bedon. There is a memorial plaque and stained glass window in Carleton Rode church.A propeller blade still with its yellow tip and Hamilton Standard transfer label was unearthed while plowing fields in 1984.
Note: "Earthquake McGoon" was flown by Pilot Walter Bunker and crew on the August 1,1943 low-level mission to Ploesti,Romania. They made it back unhurt.
42-50452 Crew
1st/Lt. Alfred V. Brooks Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. . Donald R. Bremer Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Niel R. Snodgrass Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stanley H. Smith Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William M. Bucher Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Julius Heitler Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William C. Sawyer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Carl V. Hughes Gunner KIA
Service# 36814876
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pilot: Lt.Brooks
Target:Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
Target:Hamburg
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 21-Nov-44
Serial Number: 42-50452
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Earthquake Magoon
Location:
Cause: EARTHQUAKE MCGOON was lost in a mid-air collision 21 Nov 44 with another 389th BG aircraft 44-10513. The pilot of EARTHQUAKE MCGOON on this day was Lt. Alfred Brooks. Brooks was the only survivor from his aircraft. Two survived from aircraft 44-10513. Seventeen were killed in the collision and their names are are on a memorial at the Kirby Bedon church near where the collision occurred.
Info Contributor - Tom Brittan
This collision occurred during assembly, which was over Carleton Rode, a village sandwiched between Old Buckenham and Tibenham and more than 12 miles WSW of Kirby Bedon. There is a memorial plaque and stained glass window in Carleton Rode church.A propeller blade still with its yellow tip and Hamilton Standard transfer label was unearthed while plowing fields in 1984.
Note: "Earthquake McGoon" was flown by Pilot Walter Bunker and crew on the August 1,1943 low-level mission to Ploesti,Romania. They made it back unhurt.
42-50452 Crew
1st/Lt. Alfred V. Brooks Pilot RTD
2nd/Lt. . Donald R. Bremer Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Niel R. Snodgrass Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Stanley H. Smith Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William M. Bucher Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Julius Heitler Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William C. Sawyer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. S/SGT Walter D. Brewer Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Carl V. Hughes Gunner KIA
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T SGT 566 BOMB SQ 389 BOMB GP (H) WISCONSIN
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Entered the service from Wisconsin.
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