Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-3091.
Shot down on night mission with the RAF by a German Bf 110G-4 fighter and crashed at
Groß-Karben, about 16 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt, Germany.
Five crewmembers were killed and five survived and were taken prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report № 785.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Edward L Troph, O-675011, Cleveland, OH, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert E Pierce, O-673884, Middlebury, VT, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Clarence H Brauser, 38131469, Drummond, OK, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. L G McCoy, 17020059, Lone Elm, KS, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Delano E Williams, 31314238, Windsor, CT, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted July 18, 1942.
Shot down on night mission with the RAF by a German Bf 110G-4 fighter and crashed at
Groß-Karben, about 16 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt, Germany.
Five crewmembers were killed and five survived and were taken prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report № 785.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Edward L Troph, O-675011, Cleveland, OH, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert E Pierce, O-673884, Middlebury, VT, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Clarence H Brauser, 38131469, Drummond, OK, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. L G McCoy, 17020059, Lone Elm, KS, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Delano E Williams, 31314238, Windsor, CT, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted July 18, 1942.
Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-3091.
Shot down on night mission with the RAF by a German Bf 110G-4 fighter and crashed at
Groß-Karben, about 16 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt, Germany.
Five crewmembers were killed and five survived and were taken prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report № 785.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Edward L Troph, O-675011, Cleveland, OH, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert E Pierce, O-673884, Middlebury, VT, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Clarence H Brauser, 38131469, Drummond, OK, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. L G McCoy, 17020059, Lone Elm, KS, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Delano E Williams, 31314238, Windsor, CT, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted July 18, 1942.
Shot down on night mission with the RAF by a German Bf 110G-4 fighter and crashed at
Groß-Karben, about 16 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt, Germany.
Five crewmembers were killed and five survived and were taken prisoners. Missing Air Crew Report № 785.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Edward L Troph, O-675011, Cleveland, OH, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Robert E Pierce, O-673884, Middlebury, VT, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Clarence H Brauser, 38131469, Drummond, OK, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. L G McCoy, 17020059, Lone Elm, KS, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Delano E Williams, 31314238, Windsor, CT, Left Waist Gunner
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Enlisted July 18, 1942.
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TSGT, 422 AAF BOMB SQ, 305 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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