Service # 39830743
Unit 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Idaho
Date of Death August 17 1943
Status Missing In Action
B-24D #41-23716 took off, with 23 other B-24's, from 5-Mile Drome (Wards - APO #713) near Port Moresby on a night bombing mission over Boram Airfield near Wewak, Papua New Guinea. They were hit & shot down by "intense" ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Cape Boram.
321st Bomber squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Missing in Action
Raymond recd Purple Heart and Air Medal.
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-23716:
Adams, Rupert W ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Casale, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
Dodson, Richard T ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Eaton, Jack W ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WA
George, Jason V, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, SC
Jordan, Oscar R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NC
Kane, Valentine B, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Manson, Harry M ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Meding, Edward S ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Podesta, Alfred A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
St Jeor, Raymond L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, ID
Courtesy of: World War II Historian,
Russ Pickett - # 46575736
Unit 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Idaho
Date of Death August 17 1943
Status Missing In Action
B-24D #41-23716 took off, with 23 other B-24's, from 5-Mile Drome (Wards - APO #713) near Port Moresby on a night bombing mission over Boram Airfield near Wewak, Papua New Guinea. They were hit & shot down by "intense" ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Cape Boram.
321st Bomber squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Missing in Action
Raymond recd Purple Heart and Air Medal.
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-23716:
Adams, Rupert W ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Casale, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
Dodson, Richard T ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Eaton, Jack W ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WA
George, Jason V, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, SC
Jordan, Oscar R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NC
Kane, Valentine B, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Manson, Harry M ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Meding, Edward S ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Podesta, Alfred A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
St Jeor, Raymond L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, ID
Courtesy of: World War II Historian,
Russ Pickett - # 46575736
Service # 39830743
Unit 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Idaho
Date of Death August 17 1943
Status Missing In Action
B-24D #41-23716 took off, with 23 other B-24's, from 5-Mile Drome (Wards - APO #713) near Port Moresby on a night bombing mission over Boram Airfield near Wewak, Papua New Guinea. They were hit & shot down by "intense" ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Cape Boram.
321st Bomber squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Missing in Action
Raymond recd Purple Heart and Air Medal.
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-23716:
Adams, Rupert W ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Casale, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
Dodson, Richard T ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Eaton, Jack W ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WA
George, Jason V, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, SC
Jordan, Oscar R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NC
Kane, Valentine B, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Manson, Harry M ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Meding, Edward S ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Podesta, Alfred A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
St Jeor, Raymond L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, ID
Courtesy of: World War II Historian,
Russ Pickett - # 46575736
Unit 321st Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Idaho
Date of Death August 17 1943
Status Missing In Action
B-24D #41-23716 took off, with 23 other B-24's, from 5-Mile Drome (Wards - APO #713) near Port Moresby on a night bombing mission over Boram Airfield near Wewak, Papua New Guinea. They were hit & shot down by "intense" ground anti-aircraft fire and crashed at Cape Boram.
321st Bomber squadron, 90th Bomber Group, Heavy
Missing in Action
Raymond recd Purple Heart and Air Medal.
Airmen who perished on B-24D #41-23716:
Adams, Rupert W ~ M/Sgt, Passenger, AL
Casale, Joseph M ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
Dodson, Richard T ~ 2nd Lt, Co-Pilot, CA
Eaton, Jack W ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, WA
George, Jason V, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator, SC
Jordan, Oscar R ~ T/Sgt, Engineer, NC
Kane, Valentine B, Jr ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Manson, Harry M ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, MA
Meding, Edward S ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, OH
Podesta, Alfred A ~ S/Sgt, Gunner, NY
St Jeor, Raymond L ~ T/Sgt, Radio Operator, ID
Courtesy of: World War II Historian,
Russ Pickett - # 46575736
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Entered the service from Idaho.
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