Below is the Whole Crew and their Story.
7 of them are interred together at Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
and the other 2 are buried in Belgium.
B-17 Flying Fortress #42-3498, nicknamed "Hap's Hazard/ aka Red Head" was shot down by enemy fighter aircraft while on a bombing mission to Berlin. The aircraft spun in and crashed two miles south of Osterholz, 25 miles north of Hanover, Germany. None of the crewmembers could bail out. Missing Air Crew Report 4582.
The Crew:
● 1LT James F Son, O-813431, AZ, Pilot
● FLT O Edward R Cahill Jr., T-122284, OH, Co-Pilot
● 2LT John P Dryden, O-694655, IL, Navigator
● SSGT Roswell J Spoor, 12005972, NY, Bombardier
● SSGT Dominick De Filippis, 32784790, NY, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
● SSGT Jack Keck, 33397443, PA, Radio Operator
● SSGT Lloyd C Barnes, 18053732, OK, Waist Gunner
● SGT Earl J Mayer, 36482015, IL, Ball Turret Gunner
● SGT Harold S Blackmer, 16087347, MI, Waist Gunner
● SGT Howard M Thomas, 39568802, CA, Tail Gunner
Below is the Whole Crew and their Story.
7 of them are interred together at Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
and the other 2 are buried in Belgium.
B-17 Flying Fortress #42-3498, nicknamed "Hap's Hazard/ aka Red Head" was shot down by enemy fighter aircraft while on a bombing mission to Berlin. The aircraft spun in and crashed two miles south of Osterholz, 25 miles north of Hanover, Germany. None of the crewmembers could bail out. Missing Air Crew Report 4582.
The Crew:
● 1LT James F Son, O-813431, AZ, Pilot
● FLT O Edward R Cahill Jr., T-122284, OH, Co-Pilot
● 2LT John P Dryden, O-694655, IL, Navigator
● SSGT Roswell J Spoor, 12005972, NY, Bombardier
● SSGT Dominick De Filippis, 32784790, NY, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
● SSGT Jack Keck, 33397443, PA, Radio Operator
● SSGT Lloyd C Barnes, 18053732, OK, Waist Gunner
● SGT Earl J Mayer, 36482015, IL, Ball Turret Gunner
● SGT Harold S Blackmer, 16087347, MI, Waist Gunner
● SGT Howard M Thomas, 39568802, CA, Tail Gunner
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