Service # 36647340
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death May 13 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Netherlands American Cemetery
Recipient of the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart
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 attached'.
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'.
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death May 13 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Netherlands American Cemetery
Recipient of the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart
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 attached'.
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'.
Service # 36647340
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death May 13 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Netherlands American Cemetery
Recipient of the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart
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 attached'.
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'.
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Staff Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death May 13 1944
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Netherlands American Cemetery
Recipient of the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart
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 attached'.
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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