Hometown: Louisville KY
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb Group
Pilot Lt Baldwin C. Avery, POW Aurora, NY
Target: Zeitz
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5217
Date Lost: 12-May-44
Serial Number: 41-28715
Aircraft Model B-24H-10-DT
Aircraft Letter:I
Aircraft Name: "Chumbly"
Location: Hochenheim
Cause: German Fighter and AA 13 POW
Sgt. Sipes became a POW in WW2 returning to duty after WW2 having served a long successful USAAF career eventually retiring as a Chief Master Sergeant.
The"Chumbly"Crew
Major Roger C. Hamel Jr. Command Pilot POW
Lt. Baldwin C. Avery Pilot POW
Lt. John A. Lawson Co-Pilot POW
Lt. Kenneth W. Dougherty Navigator POW
Lt. Nolan Gershenzen Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Orland Hasselbach Bomardier POW
Lt. Joel M. Fain Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Clifford S. Syverud Radio Op. POW
T/Sgt. Ralph O. Jacobson Gunner POW
T/Sgt. Ralph W. Moore Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Franklin B. Sipes Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert W Zimmerman Gunner
S/Sgt. Walter C. Chamberlin Gunner
Military Information: CMSGT, US AIR FORCE
Hometown: Louisville KY
Squadron: 564th BS 389th Bomb Group
Pilot Lt Baldwin C. Avery, POW Aurora, NY
Target: Zeitz
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 5217
Date Lost: 12-May-44
Serial Number: 41-28715
Aircraft Model B-24H-10-DT
Aircraft Letter:I
Aircraft Name: "Chumbly"
Location: Hochenheim
Cause: German Fighter and AA 13 POW
Sgt. Sipes became a POW in WW2 returning to duty after WW2 having served a long successful USAAF career eventually retiring as a Chief Master Sergeant.
The"Chumbly"Crew
Major Roger C. Hamel Jr. Command Pilot POW
Lt. Baldwin C. Avery Pilot POW
Lt. John A. Lawson Co-Pilot POW
Lt. Kenneth W. Dougherty Navigator POW
Lt. Nolan Gershenzen Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Orland Hasselbach Bomardier POW
Lt. Joel M. Fain Bombardier POW
T/Sgt. Clifford S. Syverud Radio Op. POW
T/Sgt. Ralph O. Jacobson Gunner POW
T/Sgt. Ralph W. Moore Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Franklin B. Sipes Gunner
S/Sgt. Robert W Zimmerman Gunner
S/Sgt. Walter C. Chamberlin Gunner
Military Information: CMSGT, US AIR FORCE
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