Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, Charles was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 4, 1945, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Murel served as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-29 #42-63461, 870th Bomber Squadron, 497th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. Based on the MACR this B-29 did not have a nickname.
He resided in Wayne County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 31, 1942 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of knit goods and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-63461 took off, with a crew of 11 as a part of Mission #10, from Isley Field, Saipan on a bombing mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, Japan during the war.
After a successful mission and while returning to base they ran out of fuel and had to ditch in the sea approx. 20 miles northeast of Isley Field, Saipan. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Murel was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 33350196
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
" ----- Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-63461 ----- "
Altman, William ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, MO
Campbell, David C. ~ 1st Lt, Commander, IN
Cobb, Robbie L. ~ Sgt, Gunner, KY
Farris, Jone W. ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, OK
Garavel, George R. ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, CT
Moye, James R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, NC
Rouse, Joseph R., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, CFC, LA
Swiler, Lloyd K. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, MN
Wills, George L. ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, GA
Witucki, John J. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Wright, Murel F. ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
" ----- Mission #10 Report ----- "
Bombing results unsatisfactory on primary ----- 2,580 square feet destroyed and unobserved on secondary. 2.5% hit target ---- Eight aircraft bombed secondary ---- Eight early returns two of which bombed pagan Island ---- One aircraft lost to enemy aircraft and four ditched ---- Enemy air opposition slight to moderate ---- 75 attacks were made with 10 destroyed, 11 probably destroyed and 18 damaged ---- AA heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate ---- Average bomb load: 5,000 lbs ---- Average gas reserve: 815 gallons.
" ----- B-29's lost on this mission included ----- "
B-29 #42-24181:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24656:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24735:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew
B-29 #42-63432:
---- " Click Here - One crew member lost
B-29 #42-63461:
---- " Crew noted above "
( Crew & Mission Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Note: Based on the MACR this crew ran out of fuel and was not shot down by a enemy fighter plane as noted below.
Sergeant Wright was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-20-BA Superfortress
#42-63461. Shot down by enemy A6M3 fighter while on bombardment mission to the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory near Tokyo, Japan, with the loss of all eleven
crew. With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Murel served as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-29 #42-63461, 870th Bomber Squadron, 497th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. Based on the MACR this B-29 did not have a nickname.
He resided in Wayne County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 31, 1942 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of knit goods and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-63461 took off, with a crew of 11 as a part of Mission #10, from Isley Field, Saipan on a bombing mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, Japan during the war.
After a successful mission and while returning to base they ran out of fuel and had to ditch in the sea approx. 20 miles northeast of Isley Field, Saipan. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Murel was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 33350196
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
" ----- Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-63461 ----- "
Altman, William ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, MO
Campbell, David C. ~ 1st Lt, Commander, IN
Cobb, Robbie L. ~ Sgt, Gunner, KY
Farris, Jone W. ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, OK
Garavel, George R. ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, CT
Moye, James R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, NC
Rouse, Joseph R., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, CFC, LA
Swiler, Lloyd K. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, MN
Wills, George L. ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, GA
Witucki, John J. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Wright, Murel F. ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
" ----- Mission #10 Report ----- "
Bombing results unsatisfactory on primary ----- 2,580 square feet destroyed and unobserved on secondary. 2.5% hit target ---- Eight aircraft bombed secondary ---- Eight early returns two of which bombed pagan Island ---- One aircraft lost to enemy aircraft and four ditched ---- Enemy air opposition slight to moderate ---- 75 attacks were made with 10 destroyed, 11 probably destroyed and 18 damaged ---- AA heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate ---- Average bomb load: 5,000 lbs ---- Average gas reserve: 815 gallons.
" ----- B-29's lost on this mission included ----- "
B-29 #42-24181:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24656:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24735:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew
B-29 #42-63432:
---- " Click Here - One crew member lost
B-29 #42-63461:
---- " Crew noted above "
( Crew & Mission Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Note: Based on the MACR this crew ran out of fuel and was not shot down by a enemy fighter plane as noted below.
Sergeant Wright was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-20-BA Superfortress
#42-63461. Shot down by enemy A6M3 fighter while on bombardment mission to the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory near Tokyo, Japan, with the loss of all eleven
crew. With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, Charles was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 4, 1945, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Murel served as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-29 #42-63461, 870th Bomber Squadron, 497th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. Based on the MACR this B-29 did not have a nickname.
He resided in Wayne County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 31, 1942 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of knit goods and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-63461 took off, with a crew of 11 as a part of Mission #10, from Isley Field, Saipan on a bombing mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, Japan during the war.
After a successful mission and while returning to base they ran out of fuel and had to ditch in the sea approx. 20 miles northeast of Isley Field, Saipan. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Murel was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 33350196
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
" ----- Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-63461 ----- "
Altman, William ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, MO
Campbell, David C. ~ 1st Lt, Commander, IN
Cobb, Robbie L. ~ Sgt, Gunner, KY
Farris, Jone W. ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, OK
Garavel, George R. ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, CT
Moye, James R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, NC
Rouse, Joseph R., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, CFC, LA
Swiler, Lloyd K. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, MN
Wills, George L. ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, GA
Witucki, John J. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Wright, Murel F. ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
" ----- Mission #10 Report ----- "
Bombing results unsatisfactory on primary ----- 2,580 square feet destroyed and unobserved on secondary. 2.5% hit target ---- Eight aircraft bombed secondary ---- Eight early returns two of which bombed pagan Island ---- One aircraft lost to enemy aircraft and four ditched ---- Enemy air opposition slight to moderate ---- 75 attacks were made with 10 destroyed, 11 probably destroyed and 18 damaged ---- AA heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate ---- Average bomb load: 5,000 lbs ---- Average gas reserve: 815 gallons.
" ----- B-29's lost on this mission included ----- "
B-29 #42-24181:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24656:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24735:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew
B-29 #42-63432:
---- " Click Here - One crew member lost
B-29 #42-63461:
---- " Crew noted above "
( Crew & Mission Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Note: Based on the MACR this crew ran out of fuel and was not shot down by a enemy fighter plane as noted below.
Sergeant Wright was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-20-BA Superfortress
#42-63461. Shot down by enemy A6M3 fighter while on bombardment mission to the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory near Tokyo, Japan, with the loss of all eleven
crew. With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Murel served as a Sergeant and Tail Gunner on B-29 #42-63461, 870th Bomber Squadron, 497th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during WW II. Based on the MACR this B-29 did not have a nickname.
He resided in Wayne County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on July 31, 1942 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of knit goods and also as Single, without dependents.
B-29 #42-63461 took off, with a crew of 11 as a part of Mission #10, from Isley Field, Saipan on a bombing mission over Nakajima aircraft factory in Tokyo, Japan during the war.
After a successful mission and while returning to base they ran out of fuel and had to ditch in the sea approx. 20 miles northeast of Isley Field, Saipan. The entire crew was lost in this ditching.
Murel was declared "Missing In Action" in this ditching during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 33350196
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
" ----- Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-63461 ----- "
Altman, William ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, MO
Campbell, David C. ~ 1st Lt, Commander, IN
Cobb, Robbie L. ~ Sgt, Gunner, KY
Farris, Jone W. ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, OK
Garavel, George R. ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, CT
Moye, James R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, NC
Rouse, Joseph R., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, CFC, LA
Swiler, Lloyd K. ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, MN
Wills, George L. ~ Sgt, Left Gunner, GA
Witucki, John J. ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, IL
Wright, Murel F. ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, PA
" ----- Mission #10 Report ----- "
Bombing results unsatisfactory on primary ----- 2,580 square feet destroyed and unobserved on secondary. 2.5% hit target ---- Eight aircraft bombed secondary ---- Eight early returns two of which bombed pagan Island ---- One aircraft lost to enemy aircraft and four ditched ---- Enemy air opposition slight to moderate ---- 75 attacks were made with 10 destroyed, 11 probably destroyed and 18 damaged ---- AA heavy, meager to intense, inaccurate ---- Average bomb load: 5,000 lbs ---- Average gas reserve: 815 gallons.
" ----- B-29's lost on this mission included ----- "
B-29 #42-24181:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24656:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew "
B-29 #42-24735:
---- " Click Here to see the Crew
B-29 #42-63432:
---- " Click Here - One crew member lost
B-29 #42-63461:
---- " Crew noted above "
( Crew & Mission Report by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Note: Based on the MACR this crew ran out of fuel and was not shot down by a enemy fighter plane as noted below.
Sergeant Wright was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-20-BA Superfortress
#42-63461. Shot down by enemy A6M3 fighter while on bombardment mission to the
Musashino Aircraft Engine Factory near Tokyo, Japan, with the loss of all eleven
crew. With the 497th Bomb Group, 870th Bomb Squadron.
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