Navigator 2/Lt Clemens J. Gramling Jr. KIA
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-741165
Pilot Lt William H. Knowles, POW Lindale, GA
Target:Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3597
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-72866
Aircraft Model B-24D-165-CO
Aircraft Letter: Q
Aircraft Name: JACKASS MALE
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW
389th BG loses three aircraft to flak on this mission.
Crew of the "JACKASS MALE"
2nd/Lt. William H. Knowles Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Randolph M. Peale Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Clemens J. Gramling Jr. Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Jack E. Slaughter Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. . George C. Agee Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William E. Sylvester Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Charles T. Tingle Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Cletus T. Nitsch Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Victor L. Byrd Gunner EVD
Sgt. William M. Bryson Observer KIA
S/Sgt.Allen M. Machia Gunner KIA
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-741165
Pilot Lt William H. Knowles, POW Lindale, GA
Target:Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3597
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-72866
Aircraft Model B-24D-165-CO
Aircraft Letter: Q
Aircraft Name: JACKASS MALE
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW
389th BG loses three aircraft to flak on this mission.
Crew of the "JACKASS MALE"
2nd/Lt. William H. Knowles Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Randolph M. Peale Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Clemens J. Gramling Jr. Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Jack E. Slaughter Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. . George C. Agee Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William E. Sylvester Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Charles T. Tingle Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Cletus T. Nitsch Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Victor L. Byrd Gunner EVD
Sgt. William M. Bryson Observer KIA
S/Sgt.Allen M. Machia Gunner KIA
Navigator 2/Lt Clemens J. Gramling Jr. KIA
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-741165
Pilot Lt William H. Knowles, POW Lindale, GA
Target:Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3597
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-72866
Aircraft Model B-24D-165-CO
Aircraft Letter: Q
Aircraft Name: JACKASS MALE
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW
389th BG loses three aircraft to flak on this mission.
Crew of the "JACKASS MALE"
2nd/Lt. William H. Knowles Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Randolph M. Peale Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Clemens J. Gramling Jr. Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Jack E. Slaughter Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. . George C. Agee Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William E. Sylvester Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Charles T. Tingle Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Cletus T. Nitsch Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Victor L. Byrd Gunner EVD
Sgt. William M. Bryson Observer KIA
S/Sgt.Allen M. Machia Gunner KIA
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-741165
Pilot Lt William H. Knowles, POW Lindale, GA
Target:Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3597
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-72866
Aircraft Model B-24D-165-CO
Aircraft Letter: Q
Aircraft Name: JACKASS MALE
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW
389th BG loses three aircraft to flak on this mission.
Crew of the "JACKASS MALE"
2nd/Lt. William H. Knowles Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Randolph M. Peale Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Clemens J. Gramling Jr. Navigator KIA
1st/Lt. Jack E. Slaughter Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. . George C. Agee Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. William E. Sylvester Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Charles T. Tingle Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Cletus T. Nitsch Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Victor L. Byrd Gunner EVD
Sgt. William M. Bryson Observer KIA
S/Sgt.Allen M. Machia Gunner KIA
Inscription
2LT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Records indicate original burial in St. Andre, France. Reburial in the U.S. took place in 1950.
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