Waist Gunner S/Sgt Gerald E. Murphy, DFC MIA/KIA
Hometown: South Bend, IN
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 35166638
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt John B. McCormick, MIA/KIA Syracuse, NY
Target: Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: VAGABOND KING
Location: North Sea
Cause: German Fw-190's -- 11 MIA/ KIA
Notes: See Bomber Pilot pages 147-152 for more details
Shot down by Fw-190's over the North Sea.
Sgt. Murphy's body was never recovered. He has a cenotaph memorial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bruce Lake Station Fulton County Indiana, Find A Grave # 65291054
Pilot McCormick and the crew of VAGABONG KING With Lt. Murphy were veterans of "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1 1943, one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refinery. The refinery does not produce oil for six months. The 389th earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, The 389th BG loses six aircraft on the Ploesti mission.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Hometown: South Bend, IN
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 35166638
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt John B. McCormick, MIA/KIA Syracuse, NY
Target: Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: VAGABOND KING
Location: North Sea
Cause: German Fw-190's -- 11 MIA/ KIA
Notes: See Bomber Pilot pages 147-152 for more details
Shot down by Fw-190's over the North Sea.
Sgt. Murphy's body was never recovered. He has a cenotaph memorial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bruce Lake Station Fulton County Indiana, Find A Grave # 65291054
Pilot McCormick and the crew of VAGABONG KING With Lt. Murphy were veterans of "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1 1943, one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refinery. The refinery does not produce oil for six months. The 389th earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, The 389th BG loses six aircraft on the Ploesti mission.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Waist Gunner S/Sgt Gerald E. Murphy, DFC MIA/KIA
Hometown: South Bend, IN
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 35166638
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt John B. McCormick, MIA/KIA Syracuse, NY
Target: Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: VAGABOND KING
Location: North Sea
Cause: German Fw-190's -- 11 MIA/ KIA
Notes: See Bomber Pilot pages 147-152 for more details
Shot down by Fw-190's over the North Sea.
Sgt. Murphy's body was never recovered. He has a cenotaph memorial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bruce Lake Station Fulton County Indiana, Find A Grave # 65291054
Pilot McCormick and the crew of VAGABONG KING With Lt. Murphy were veterans of "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1 1943, one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refinery. The refinery does not produce oil for six months. The 389th earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, The 389th BG loses six aircraft on the Ploesti mission.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Hometown: South Bend, IN
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 35166638
Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt John B. McCormick, MIA/KIA Syracuse, NY
Target: Oslo, Norway
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 2885
Date Lost: 18-Nov-43
Serial Number: 42-40787
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: V
Aircraft Name: VAGABOND KING
Location: North Sea
Cause: German Fw-190's -- 11 MIA/ KIA
Notes: See Bomber Pilot pages 147-152 for more details
Shot down by Fw-190's over the North Sea.
Sgt. Murphy's body was never recovered. He has a cenotaph memorial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Bruce Lake Station Fulton County Indiana, Find A Grave # 65291054
Pilot McCormick and the crew of VAGABONG KING With Lt. Murphy were veterans of "Operation Tidal Wave" August 1 1943, one of the most daring raids of WW2. Coming in at tree top level the Sky Scorpions destroy the Steaua Romana oil refinery. The refinery does not produce oil for six months. The 389th earns Presidential Unit Citation, all of the crews receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, The 389th BG loses six aircraft on the Ploesti mission.
The Vagabond King's crew when it went down in the North Sea.
Capt. John B. McCormick Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Charles W. Tourison Co Pilot MIA/KIA
1/Lt Marvin R.Mendelsohn Navigator MIA/KIA
1st/Lt. Marvin Mosco Bombardier MIA/KIA
2/Lt Enrico J. Chelini Observer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Donald E. Turnipseed Engineer MIA/KIA
Sgt. Alfred P. Rossi Jr. Radio Op. MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Lewis H. Raines Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Gerald E. Murphy Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. William J. Budai Gunner MIA/KIA
S/Sgt. Kenneth R. Scott Gunner MIA/KIA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Indiana.
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