Right Gunner aboard B-29-45-BW Superfortress #42-24724, nicknamed "Hollywood Commando."
Killed In Action on mission to Tokyo. Where the bomber went down and under what circumstances have not been learned for the purpose of this biography write-up. Apparently two crew members parachuted, but one died on the ground afterwards. His remains were never identified. One returned home following the war.
The crew members KIA:
Major Harold M Bright, A/C Pilot
1st Lt. Carl J Branlund Jr, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Hobart W Dever, Navigator
1st Lt. Wylie S Harrison, Bombardier
1st Lt. Henry W Heitmann, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Wayland R Clem, Left Gunner
T/Sgt. Harvey W Doyle, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Harold E Halldorson, CFC Gunner
S/Sgt. Edward F Moore, Right Gunner
S/Sgt. John Yazujian, Radio Operator
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Enlisted January 24, 1942; Service ID: 6257346.
Killed In Action on mission to Tokyo. Where the bomber went down and under what circumstances have not been learned for the purpose of this biography write-up. Apparently two crew members parachuted, but one died on the ground afterwards. His remains were never identified. One returned home following the war.
The crew members KIA:
Major Harold M Bright, A/C Pilot
1st Lt. Carl J Branlund Jr, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Hobart W Dever, Navigator
1st Lt. Wylie S Harrison, Bombardier
1st Lt. Henry W Heitmann, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Wayland R Clem, Left Gunner
T/Sgt. Harvey W Doyle, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Harold E Halldorson, CFC Gunner
S/Sgt. Edward F Moore, Right Gunner
S/Sgt. John Yazujian, Radio Operator
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Enlisted January 24, 1942; Service ID: 6257346.
Right Gunner aboard B-29-45-BW Superfortress #42-24724, nicknamed "Hollywood Commando."
Killed In Action on mission to Tokyo. Where the bomber went down and under what circumstances have not been learned for the purpose of this biography write-up. Apparently two crew members parachuted, but one died on the ground afterwards. His remains were never identified. One returned home following the war.
The crew members KIA:
Major Harold M Bright, A/C Pilot
1st Lt. Carl J Branlund Jr, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Hobart W Dever, Navigator
1st Lt. Wylie S Harrison, Bombardier
1st Lt. Henry W Heitmann, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Wayland R Clem, Left Gunner
T/Sgt. Harvey W Doyle, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Harold E Halldorson, CFC Gunner
S/Sgt. Edward F Moore, Right Gunner
S/Sgt. John Yazujian, Radio Operator
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Enlisted January 24, 1942; Service ID: 6257346.
Killed In Action on mission to Tokyo. Where the bomber went down and under what circumstances have not been learned for the purpose of this biography write-up. Apparently two crew members parachuted, but one died on the ground afterwards. His remains were never identified. One returned home following the war.
The crew members KIA:
Major Harold M Bright, A/C Pilot
1st Lt. Carl J Branlund Jr, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Hobart W Dever, Navigator
1st Lt. Wylie S Harrison, Bombardier
1st Lt. Henry W Heitmann, Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Wayland R Clem, Left Gunner
T/Sgt. Harvey W Doyle, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Harold E Halldorson, CFC Gunner
S/Sgt. Edward F Moore, Right Gunner
S/Sgt. John Yazujian, Radio Operator
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Enlisted January 24, 1942; Service ID: 6257346.
Inscription
SSGT, 677 AAF BOMB SQ, 444 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Re-interred from overseas on March 20, 1950.
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