Ball Turret Gunner on Liberator Bomber
SSgt, 466th Bombardment Group, 787th Bombardment Squadron
Service No. (ASN): 18198159
Son of Arthur Joseph Gottschalk and Pauline Willi
Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-24 #4129391 'Little Lulu. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Gottschalk was originally a member of the Norman Flynn Crew, however he missed the mission on which the Flynn Crew flew their battle damaged B-24 to internment in Switzerland on 13 April 1944. As fate would have it, missing that mission would cost him his life a few weeks later.
MACR 4824
41-29391
"Little LuLu"
466th BG | 787th BS
13 May 1944
Crew Members
Capt Russell Swaim, Pilot, POW
2Lt John F Hardy, Co-Pilot, POW
2Lt Marcus V Dunham, Navigator, KIA
2LT Howard Fein, Bombardiar, KIA
SSGT Verner Gottschalk, Left Waist Gunner, KIA
TSGT Floyd A Gilbert, Radio Operator, KIA
SSGT George F Kerrigan, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Ivan L Cushenbery, Flt Eng/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
SSGT Clinton W Kraft, Right Waist Gunner, KIA
SSGT Leo Kempner, Tail Gunner, KIA
Account of 1st Lt Amos B. Sharretts, O-667575, Pilot: 'Lt Swain´s ship peeled up and off to the left and dove. Saw six forms drop out
after being attacked
Account of Captain Harry B. McGregor, O-664417, Pilot: 'One B-24 (Swain) peeled out to the left and turned back to the right after
being hit in the cockpit by fighter. Jettisoned bombs and went into a gentle dive. Eight objects, believed to be bodies came out of the bomb bay doors and waist windows. One chute opened soon after bailing out. Ball gunner saw plane hit the ground and explode. Location: 5358N-0955E'.
Ball Turret Gunner on Liberator Bomber
SSgt, 466th Bombardment Group, 787th Bombardment Squadron
Service No. (ASN): 18198159
Son of Arthur Joseph Gottschalk and Pauline Willi
Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-24 #4129391 'Little Lulu. ' Killed in Action (KIA). Gottschalk was originally a member of the Norman Flynn Crew, however he missed the mission on which the Flynn Crew flew their battle damaged B-24 to internment in Switzerland on 13 April 1944. As fate would have it, missing that mission would cost him his life a few weeks later.
MACR 4824
41-29391
"Little LuLu"
466th BG | 787th BS
13 May 1944
Crew Members
Capt Russell Swaim, Pilot, POW
2Lt John F Hardy, Co-Pilot, POW
2Lt Marcus V Dunham, Navigator, KIA
2LT Howard Fein, Bombardiar, KIA
SSGT Verner Gottschalk, Left Waist Gunner, KIA
TSGT Floyd A Gilbert, Radio Operator, KIA
SSGT George F Kerrigan, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Ivan L Cushenbery, Flt Eng/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
SSGT Clinton W Kraft, Right Waist Gunner, KIA
SSGT Leo Kempner, Tail Gunner, KIA
Account of 1st Lt Amos B. Sharretts, O-667575, Pilot: 'Lt Swain´s ship peeled up and off to the left and dove. Saw six forms drop out
after being attacked
Account of Captain Harry B. McGregor, O-664417, Pilot: 'One B-24 (Swain) peeled out to the left and turned back to the right after
being hit in the cockpit by fighter. Jettisoned bombs and went into a gentle dive. Eight objects, believed to be bodies came out of the bomb bay doors and waist windows. One chute opened soon after bailing out. Ball gunner saw plane hit the ground and explode. Location: 5358N-0955E'.
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