From FAG(#46842900)
Adolph was a Ass't Radio Operator on this Flight, he was in the 67th Bombers Squadron, 44th Bomber Group (Heavy) after the Mission it was attacked by several Enemy Fighters and crashed into the sea.
------------------------------------------------------------Gunner S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre MIA/KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 39251163
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman KIA MD.
Target: Airfield at Foggia
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-23817
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: G
Aircraft Name: SUZY~Q
Location: Capo Stilo Italy
Cause: ME 109 fighters 10 KIA
Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. This ship SUZY-Q, was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron and had led the Group on the Ploesti raid. The plane was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the north airfield at Foggia, Italy. The plane was last seen burning on the Italian beach believed to be Capo Stilo.
Sgt. Aguirre name appears Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia. He was declared KIA August 1944 however his actual date of death was in 1943 his body was never recovered.
Crew SUZY~Q
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Halbert W. Propst
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. William C. Travis, Jr
T/Sgt. Robert D. Chapman
T/Sgt Herbert F. Post
S/Sgt Joe A. Stevenson Gunner
S/Sgt. Charles R. Smith Gunner
S/Sgt. Michael A. Cianciolo Gunner
S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre Gunner
B24 41-23817 was flown by a different crew on operation tidal wave the low level raid on Ploesti oil refinery.
Adolph was a Ass't Radio Operator on this Flight, he was in the 67th Bombers Squadron, 44th Bomber Group (Heavy) after the Mission it was attacked by several Enemy Fighters and crashed into the sea.
------------------------------------------------------------Gunner S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre MIA/KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 39251163
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman KIA MD.
Target: Airfield at Foggia
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-23817
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: G
Aircraft Name: SUZY~Q
Location: Capo Stilo Italy
Cause: ME 109 fighters 10 KIA
Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. This ship SUZY-Q, was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron and had led the Group on the Ploesti raid. The plane was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the north airfield at Foggia, Italy. The plane was last seen burning on the Italian beach believed to be Capo Stilo.
Sgt. Aguirre name appears Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia. He was declared KIA August 1944 however his actual date of death was in 1943 his body was never recovered.
Crew SUZY~Q
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Halbert W. Propst
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. William C. Travis, Jr
T/Sgt. Robert D. Chapman
T/Sgt Herbert F. Post
S/Sgt Joe A. Stevenson Gunner
S/Sgt. Charles R. Smith Gunner
S/Sgt. Michael A. Cianciolo Gunner
S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre Gunner
B24 41-23817 was flown by a different crew on operation tidal wave the low level raid on Ploesti oil refinery.
From FAG(#46842900)
Adolph was a Ass't Radio Operator on this Flight, he was in the 67th Bombers Squadron, 44th Bomber Group (Heavy) after the Mission it was attacked by several Enemy Fighters and crashed into the sea.
------------------------------------------------------------Gunner S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre MIA/KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 39251163
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman KIA MD.
Target: Airfield at Foggia
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-23817
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: G
Aircraft Name: SUZY~Q
Location: Capo Stilo Italy
Cause: ME 109 fighters 10 KIA
Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. This ship SUZY-Q, was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron and had led the Group on the Ploesti raid. The plane was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the north airfield at Foggia, Italy. The plane was last seen burning on the Italian beach believed to be Capo Stilo.
Sgt. Aguirre name appears Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia. He was declared KIA August 1944 however his actual date of death was in 1943 his body was never recovered.
Crew SUZY~Q
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Halbert W. Propst
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. William C. Travis, Jr
T/Sgt. Robert D. Chapman
T/Sgt Herbert F. Post
S/Sgt Joe A. Stevenson Gunner
S/Sgt. Charles R. Smith Gunner
S/Sgt. Michael A. Cianciolo Gunner
S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre Gunner
B24 41-23817 was flown by a different crew on operation tidal wave the low level raid on Ploesti oil refinery.
Adolph was a Ass't Radio Operator on this Flight, he was in the 67th Bombers Squadron, 44th Bomber Group (Heavy) after the Mission it was attacked by several Enemy Fighters and crashed into the sea.
------------------------------------------------------------Gunner S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre MIA/KIA
Hometown: California
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Service # 39251163
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot 1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman KIA MD.
Target: Airfield at Foggia
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-23817
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: G
Aircraft Name: SUZY~Q
Location: Capo Stilo Italy
Cause: ME 109 fighters 10 KIA
Notes: After "Operation Tidal Wave" the 44th BG remained in North Africa to support the Sicily invasion. This ship SUZY-Q, was the most famous ship of the 67th Squadron and had led the Group on the Ploesti raid. The plane was lost on 16 Aug 1943 on a mission to the north airfield at Foggia, Italy. The plane was last seen burning on the Italian beach believed to be Capo Stilo.
Sgt. Aguirre name appears Tablets of the Missing at North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia. He was declared KIA August 1944 however his actual date of death was in 1943 his body was never recovered.
Crew SUZY~Q
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Walter R. Bateman Pilot
1st/Lt. Halbert W. Propst
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. John T. Ellis
2nd/Lt. William C. Travis, Jr
T/Sgt. Robert D. Chapman
T/Sgt Herbert F. Post
S/Sgt Joe A. Stevenson Gunner
S/Sgt. Charles R. Smith Gunner
S/Sgt. Michael A. Cianciolo Gunner
S/Sgt. Adolph P. Aguirre Gunner
B24 41-23817 was flown by a different crew on operation tidal wave the low level raid on Ploesti oil refinery.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
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