Technical Sergeant-Flight Engineer aboard
B-17F Flying Fortress #41-24454 "Georgia
Peach."
Killed In Action during a nighttime bombing
mission to airfields near Rabaul, New Britian
in the Southwest Pacific in World War II.
Following the release of the bombs over the
target, the B-17 was suddenly attacked from
below by a Japanese night fighter. His aircraft
crashed near Ubili, West New Britain, New
Guinea.
Also KIA were:
1st Lt. John M Woodard, Pilot
1st Lt. Russell S Emerick, Co-Pilot
Sgt. Chris B Cousino, Gunner
SSgt. Stewart D Nisbet, Gunner
Sgt. Boyd H Parker, Gunner
SSgt. Maurice F Sayer, Gunner
Cpl. Julius Hamershlag, Gunner
1st Lt. Philip L Bek, Navigator, parachuted from the doomed aircraft, evaded capture upwards of nine days, then taken to Rabaul, and was executed by his Japanese captors, along with other members of the 43rd Bombardment Group, on November 25, 1943.
1st Lt. Jack K Wisener, Bombardier, donned his parachute when he discovered both the pilot and co-pilot were dead, and successfully landed in jungle cover and evaded capture for nine days. He would eventually be taken to a POW camp near Tokyo, Japan and held until being liberated at the end of the war.
B-17F Flying Fortress #41-24454 "Georgia
Peach."
Killed In Action during a nighttime bombing
mission to airfields near Rabaul, New Britian
in the Southwest Pacific in World War II.
Following the release of the bombs over the
target, the B-17 was suddenly attacked from
below by a Japanese night fighter. His aircraft
crashed near Ubili, West New Britain, New
Guinea.
Also KIA were:
1st Lt. John M Woodard, Pilot
1st Lt. Russell S Emerick, Co-Pilot
Sgt. Chris B Cousino, Gunner
SSgt. Stewart D Nisbet, Gunner
Sgt. Boyd H Parker, Gunner
SSgt. Maurice F Sayer, Gunner
Cpl. Julius Hamershlag, Gunner
1st Lt. Philip L Bek, Navigator, parachuted from the doomed aircraft, evaded capture upwards of nine days, then taken to Rabaul, and was executed by his Japanese captors, along with other members of the 43rd Bombardment Group, on November 25, 1943.
1st Lt. Jack K Wisener, Bombardier, donned his parachute when he discovered both the pilot and co-pilot were dead, and successfully landed in jungle cover and evaded capture for nine days. He would eventually be taken to a POW camp near Tokyo, Japan and held until being liberated at the end of the war.
Technical Sergeant-Flight Engineer aboard
B-17F Flying Fortress #41-24454 "Georgia
Peach."
Killed In Action during a nighttime bombing
mission to airfields near Rabaul, New Britian
in the Southwest Pacific in World War II.
Following the release of the bombs over the
target, the B-17 was suddenly attacked from
below by a Japanese night fighter. His aircraft
crashed near Ubili, West New Britain, New
Guinea.
Also KIA were:
1st Lt. John M Woodard, Pilot
1st Lt. Russell S Emerick, Co-Pilot
Sgt. Chris B Cousino, Gunner
SSgt. Stewart D Nisbet, Gunner
Sgt. Boyd H Parker, Gunner
SSgt. Maurice F Sayer, Gunner
Cpl. Julius Hamershlag, Gunner
1st Lt. Philip L Bek, Navigator, parachuted from the doomed aircraft, evaded capture upwards of nine days, then taken to Rabaul, and was executed by his Japanese captors, along with other members of the 43rd Bombardment Group, on November 25, 1943.
1st Lt. Jack K Wisener, Bombardier, donned his parachute when he discovered both the pilot and co-pilot were dead, and successfully landed in jungle cover and evaded capture for nine days. He would eventually be taken to a POW camp near Tokyo, Japan and held until being liberated at the end of the war.
B-17F Flying Fortress #41-24454 "Georgia
Peach."
Killed In Action during a nighttime bombing
mission to airfields near Rabaul, New Britian
in the Southwest Pacific in World War II.
Following the release of the bombs over the
target, the B-17 was suddenly attacked from
below by a Japanese night fighter. His aircraft
crashed near Ubili, West New Britain, New
Guinea.
Also KIA were:
1st Lt. John M Woodard, Pilot
1st Lt. Russell S Emerick, Co-Pilot
Sgt. Chris B Cousino, Gunner
SSgt. Stewart D Nisbet, Gunner
Sgt. Boyd H Parker, Gunner
SSgt. Maurice F Sayer, Gunner
Cpl. Julius Hamershlag, Gunner
1st Lt. Philip L Bek, Navigator, parachuted from the doomed aircraft, evaded capture upwards of nine days, then taken to Rabaul, and was executed by his Japanese captors, along with other members of the 43rd Bombardment Group, on November 25, 1943.
1st Lt. Jack K Wisener, Bombardier, donned his parachute when he discovered both the pilot and co-pilot were dead, and successfully landed in jungle cover and evaded capture for nine days. He would eventually be taken to a POW camp near Tokyo, Japan and held until being liberated at the end of the war.
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TSGT, 65 AAF BOMB SQ, 43 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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