Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 506th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # O-736038
Awards: Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot
Target: Airfield at Foggia
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number:42-40778
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: T
Aircraft Name: SOUTHERN COMFORT
Location: Italy
Cause: 2KIA
Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. The plane was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the airfields at Foggia, Italy.
B24 42-40778 was flown by a different crew on operation tidal wave the low level raid on Ploesti oil refinery.
Hometown: Wisconsin
Squadron: 506th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # O-736038
Awards: Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot
Target: Airfield at Foggia
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number:42-40778
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: T
Aircraft Name: SOUTHERN COMFORT
Location: Italy
Cause: 2KIA
Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. The plane was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the airfields at Foggia, Italy.
B24 42-40778 was flown by a different crew on operation tidal wave the low level raid on Ploesti oil refinery.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Wisconsin.
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