Navigator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-3525. Shot down by enemy fighter near Fretterode, ten miles north of Eschwege, Germany. Seven crewmembers were killed and two survived and were taken prisoner. Missing Air Crew Report № 4050.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Leslie A Bond, O-748332, OK, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles E Brumback, O-698816, KS, Navigator
2nd Lt. Gerald O Hilton, O-689109, MO, Bombardier
Sgt. Robert K Batchelder, 31136103, MA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Anthony J Caserta, 11102661, CT, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Anthony C Derrington, 34623141, LA, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Jones Jr, 33530322, VA, Radio Operator
The other names on the marker for this burial were for two different flight crews downed on the same mission: Robert W Rayburn on B-17G #42-38004 and John E LaFontin on B-17G #42-97406
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From El Dorado, Kansas; enlisted at Ft. Riley, Kansas, April 1, 1942.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Leslie A Bond, O-748332, OK, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles E Brumback, O-698816, KS, Navigator
2nd Lt. Gerald O Hilton, O-689109, MO, Bombardier
Sgt. Robert K Batchelder, 31136103, MA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Anthony J Caserta, 11102661, CT, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Anthony C Derrington, 34623141, LA, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Jones Jr, 33530322, VA, Radio Operator
The other names on the marker for this burial were for two different flight crews downed on the same mission: Robert W Rayburn on B-17G #42-38004 and John E LaFontin on B-17G #42-97406
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From El Dorado, Kansas; enlisted at Ft. Riley, Kansas, April 1, 1942.
Navigator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-3525. Shot down by enemy fighter near Fretterode, ten miles north of Eschwege, Germany. Seven crewmembers were killed and two survived and were taken prisoner. Missing Air Crew Report № 4050.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Leslie A Bond, O-748332, OK, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles E Brumback, O-698816, KS, Navigator
2nd Lt. Gerald O Hilton, O-689109, MO, Bombardier
Sgt. Robert K Batchelder, 31136103, MA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Anthony J Caserta, 11102661, CT, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Anthony C Derrington, 34623141, LA, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Jones Jr, 33530322, VA, Radio Operator
The other names on the marker for this burial were for two different flight crews downed on the same mission: Robert W Rayburn on B-17G #42-38004 and John E LaFontin on B-17G #42-97406
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From El Dorado, Kansas; enlisted at Ft. Riley, Kansas, April 1, 1942.
KIA were:
2nd Lt. Leslie A Bond, O-748332, OK, Pilot
2nd Lt. Charles E Brumback, O-698816, KS, Navigator
2nd Lt. Gerald O Hilton, O-689109, MO, Bombardier
Sgt. Robert K Batchelder, 31136103, MA, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Anthony J Caserta, 11102661, CT, Ball Turret Gunner
Sgt. Anthony C Derrington, 34623141, LA, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William R Jones Jr, 33530322, VA, Radio Operator
The other names on the marker for this burial were for two different flight crews downed on the same mission: Robert W Rayburn on B-17G #42-38004 and John E LaFontin on B-17G #42-97406
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From El Dorado, Kansas; enlisted at Ft. Riley, Kansas, April 1, 1942.
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