Radio Operator aboard B-29 Superfortress #42-65210, nicknamed "Fay."
Hit by flak on mission to strike the Mitsubishi aircraft engine works, and caught fire and exploded before the crew could ditch. The aircraft crashed at Nakashinden Yatomi-chi, Nagoya, Japan.
Missing Air Crew Report № 13447.
All eleven crewmembers were Killed In Action:
1LT Floyd O Tobey Jr, O-025563, CA, Pilot
1LT Clarence J Flood Jr, O-761719, MT, Co-Pilot
1LT Murrel H Scott, O-700075, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
FLT O Frank G Albritton, T-127685, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
2LT John H Day, O-868636, OH, Flight Engineer
SSGT Charles O Murrell, 39549640, CA, Radio Operator
TSGT John H. Musser Jr, 16047147, WI, Radar Operator
SSGT Samuel H Forsey, 39287687, CA, Left Gunner
SSGT Elwood R Kinzer, 35057986, OH, CFC Gunner
SSGT Leslie E Reilly, 39558091, CA, Tail Gunner
SGT Henry C Shelton, 36593028, KY, Right Gunner
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Husband of Shirley V. Murrell, 162 W. 155th St., Los Angeles, CA.
Entered the service from California; Service ID: 39549640.
Hit by flak on mission to strike the Mitsubishi aircraft engine works, and caught fire and exploded before the crew could ditch. The aircraft crashed at Nakashinden Yatomi-chi, Nagoya, Japan.
Missing Air Crew Report № 13447.
All eleven crewmembers were Killed In Action:
1LT Floyd O Tobey Jr, O-025563, CA, Pilot
1LT Clarence J Flood Jr, O-761719, MT, Co-Pilot
1LT Murrel H Scott, O-700075, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
FLT O Frank G Albritton, T-127685, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
2LT John H Day, O-868636, OH, Flight Engineer
SSGT Charles O Murrell, 39549640, CA, Radio Operator
TSGT John H. Musser Jr, 16047147, WI, Radar Operator
SSGT Samuel H Forsey, 39287687, CA, Left Gunner
SSGT Elwood R Kinzer, 35057986, OH, CFC Gunner
SSGT Leslie E Reilly, 39558091, CA, Tail Gunner
SGT Henry C Shelton, 36593028, KY, Right Gunner
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Husband of Shirley V. Murrell, 162 W. 155th St., Los Angeles, CA.
Entered the service from California; Service ID: 39549640.
Radio Operator aboard B-29 Superfortress #42-65210, nicknamed "Fay."
Hit by flak on mission to strike the Mitsubishi aircraft engine works, and caught fire and exploded before the crew could ditch. The aircraft crashed at Nakashinden Yatomi-chi, Nagoya, Japan.
Missing Air Crew Report № 13447.
All eleven crewmembers were Killed In Action:
1LT Floyd O Tobey Jr, O-025563, CA, Pilot
1LT Clarence J Flood Jr, O-761719, MT, Co-Pilot
1LT Murrel H Scott, O-700075, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
FLT O Frank G Albritton, T-127685, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
2LT John H Day, O-868636, OH, Flight Engineer
SSGT Charles O Murrell, 39549640, CA, Radio Operator
TSGT John H. Musser Jr, 16047147, WI, Radar Operator
SSGT Samuel H Forsey, 39287687, CA, Left Gunner
SSGT Elwood R Kinzer, 35057986, OH, CFC Gunner
SSGT Leslie E Reilly, 39558091, CA, Tail Gunner
SGT Henry C Shelton, 36593028, KY, Right Gunner
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Husband of Shirley V. Murrell, 162 W. 155th St., Los Angeles, CA.
Entered the service from California; Service ID: 39549640.
Hit by flak on mission to strike the Mitsubishi aircraft engine works, and caught fire and exploded before the crew could ditch. The aircraft crashed at Nakashinden Yatomi-chi, Nagoya, Japan.
Missing Air Crew Report № 13447.
All eleven crewmembers were Killed In Action:
1LT Floyd O Tobey Jr, O-025563, CA, Pilot
1LT Clarence J Flood Jr, O-761719, MT, Co-Pilot
1LT Murrel H Scott, O-700075, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
FLT O Frank G Albritton, T-127685, TX, Bombardier-Navigator
2LT John H Day, O-868636, OH, Flight Engineer
SSGT Charles O Murrell, 39549640, CA, Radio Operator
TSGT John H. Musser Jr, 16047147, WI, Radar Operator
SSGT Samuel H Forsey, 39287687, CA, Left Gunner
SSGT Elwood R Kinzer, 35057986, OH, CFC Gunner
SSGT Leslie E Reilly, 39558091, CA, Tail Gunner
SGT Henry C Shelton, 36593028, KY, Right Gunner
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Husband of Shirley V. Murrell, 162 W. 155th St., Los Angeles, CA.
Entered the service from California; Service ID: 39549640.
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