First Lieutenant, 779th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, World War II.
Bombardier aboard B-24M Liberator #44-50332, nicknamed "Black Item."
Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery flak near Korneuburg, Austria, just north-northwest of Vienna, while on a mission out of Pantanella Air Base, Italy to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Heilegenstadt.
Missing Air Crew Report 13122. Location: Austria (48°20'N 16°20'E)
Eight airmen were Killed In Action:
2nd Lt. Theodore D Toscano, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald K Hoskinson, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Theodore D Ehlers, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Dudley C Snyder, Radio Operator-Gunner
S/Sgt. George Sulich, Flight Engineer
Cpl. Thomas V Robbins, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Dominic J Sopczynski, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Everett E Smith, Armorer-Gunner
Corporal George R Frazier Jr bailed out and survived
~~~
Son of Anna C. Ehlers, Jersey City, NJ.
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN O-717764.
Enlisted at Atlantic City, NJ, February 23, 1943.
Bombardier aboard B-24M Liberator #44-50332, nicknamed "Black Item."
Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery flak near Korneuburg, Austria, just north-northwest of Vienna, while on a mission out of Pantanella Air Base, Italy to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Heilegenstadt.
Missing Air Crew Report 13122. Location: Austria (48°20'N 16°20'E)
Eight airmen were Killed In Action:
2nd Lt. Theodore D Toscano, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald K Hoskinson, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Theodore D Ehlers, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Dudley C Snyder, Radio Operator-Gunner
S/Sgt. George Sulich, Flight Engineer
Cpl. Thomas V Robbins, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Dominic J Sopczynski, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Everett E Smith, Armorer-Gunner
Corporal George R Frazier Jr bailed out and survived
~~~
Son of Anna C. Ehlers, Jersey City, NJ.
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN O-717764.
Enlisted at Atlantic City, NJ, February 23, 1943.
First Lieutenant, 779th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, World War II.
Bombardier aboard B-24M Liberator #44-50332, nicknamed "Black Item."
Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery flak near Korneuburg, Austria, just north-northwest of Vienna, while on a mission out of Pantanella Air Base, Italy to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Heilegenstadt.
Missing Air Crew Report 13122. Location: Austria (48°20'N 16°20'E)
Eight airmen were Killed In Action:
2nd Lt. Theodore D Toscano, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald K Hoskinson, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Theodore D Ehlers, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Dudley C Snyder, Radio Operator-Gunner
S/Sgt. George Sulich, Flight Engineer
Cpl. Thomas V Robbins, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Dominic J Sopczynski, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Everett E Smith, Armorer-Gunner
Corporal George R Frazier Jr bailed out and survived
~~~
Son of Anna C. Ehlers, Jersey City, NJ.
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN O-717764.
Enlisted at Atlantic City, NJ, February 23, 1943.
Bombardier aboard B-24M Liberator #44-50332, nicknamed "Black Item."
Shot down by anti-aircraft artillery flak near Korneuburg, Austria, just north-northwest of Vienna, while on a mission out of Pantanella Air Base, Italy to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Heilegenstadt.
Missing Air Crew Report 13122. Location: Austria (48°20'N 16°20'E)
Eight airmen were Killed In Action:
2nd Lt. Theodore D Toscano, Pilot
2nd Lt. Donald K Hoskinson, Co-Pilot
1st Lt. Theodore D Ehlers, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Dudley C Snyder, Radio Operator-Gunner
S/Sgt. George Sulich, Flight Engineer
Cpl. Thomas V Robbins, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Dominic J Sopczynski, Armorer-Gunner
Cpl. Everett E Smith, Armorer-Gunner
Corporal George R Frazier Jr bailed out and survived
~~~
Son of Anna C. Ehlers, Jersey City, NJ.
Entered the service from New Jersey; ASN O-717764.
Enlisted at Atlantic City, NJ, February 23, 1943.
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1LT, 779 AAF BOMB SQ, 464 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II
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