Staff Sergeant, 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, World War II.
Tail Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40245, nicknamed "Skerby."
While on a supply drop mission out of Norfolk, England, to support the 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity, the Rhine crossing in Germany, the airplane was shot down by anti-aircraft flak and crashed near Wesel, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and two parachuted out and survived (the pilot and radio operator).
Missing Air Crew Report 13536.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Victor P Surico, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles O O'Neil Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Arthur G Herfel, Left Waist Gunner
T/Sgt. Thomas C Little, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Stanley E Martin, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Eric W Vollbrecht, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Ralph P Williams, Nose Turret Gunner
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Entered the service from Vermont; Washington County; ASN 31403710.
Enlisted at Rutland, VT, January 10, 1944.
Tail Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40245, nicknamed "Skerby."
While on a supply drop mission out of Norfolk, England, to support the 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity, the Rhine crossing in Germany, the airplane was shot down by anti-aircraft flak and crashed near Wesel, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and two parachuted out and survived (the pilot and radio operator).
Missing Air Crew Report 13536.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Victor P Surico, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles O O'Neil Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Arthur G Herfel, Left Waist Gunner
T/Sgt. Thomas C Little, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Stanley E Martin, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Eric W Vollbrecht, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Ralph P Williams, Nose Turret Gunner
~~
Entered the service from Vermont; Washington County; ASN 31403710.
Enlisted at Rutland, VT, January 10, 1944.
Staff Sergeant, 567th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, World War II.
Tail Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40245, nicknamed "Skerby."
While on a supply drop mission out of Norfolk, England, to support the 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity, the Rhine crossing in Germany, the airplane was shot down by anti-aircraft flak and crashed near Wesel, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and two parachuted out and survived (the pilot and radio operator).
Missing Air Crew Report 13536.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Victor P Surico, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles O O'Neil Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Arthur G Herfel, Left Waist Gunner
T/Sgt. Thomas C Little, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Stanley E Martin, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Eric W Vollbrecht, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Ralph P Williams, Nose Turret Gunner
~~
Entered the service from Vermont; Washington County; ASN 31403710.
Enlisted at Rutland, VT, January 10, 1944.
Tail Gunner aboard B-24J Liberator #44-40245, nicknamed "Skerby."
While on a supply drop mission out of Norfolk, England, to support the 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity, the Rhine crossing in Germany, the airplane was shot down by anti-aircraft flak and crashed near Wesel, Germany. Seven crew members were killed and two parachuted out and survived (the pilot and radio operator).
Missing Air Crew Report 13536.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Victor P Surico, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles O O'Neil Jr, Navigator
S/Sgt. Arthur G Herfel, Left Waist Gunner
T/Sgt. Thomas C Little, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Stanley E Martin, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Eric W Vollbrecht, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. Ralph P Williams, Nose Turret Gunner
~~
Entered the service from Vermont; Washington County; ASN 31403710.
Enlisted at Rutland, VT, January 10, 1944.
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