Engineer T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery MIA/KIA
Hometown:Grand Island, Nebraska
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 6245362
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BETTY ANNE / GALLOPIN GHOST
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
Sgt. Emery appears Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Liège Belgium. He has a cenotaph memorial Grand Island Cemetery Hall County Nebraska his body was not recovered.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Hometown:Grand Island, Nebraska
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 6245362
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BETTY ANNE / GALLOPIN GHOST
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
Sgt. Emery appears Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Liège Belgium. He has a cenotaph memorial Grand Island Cemetery Hall County Nebraska his body was not recovered.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Engineer T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery MIA/KIA
Hometown:Grand Island, Nebraska
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 6245362
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BETTY ANNE / GALLOPIN GHOST
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
Sgt. Emery appears Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Liège Belgium. He has a cenotaph memorial Grand Island Cemetery Hall County Nebraska his body was not recovered.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Hometown:Grand Island, Nebraska
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# 6245362
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BETTY ANNE / GALLOPIN GHOST
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
Sgt. Emery appears Tablets of the Missing Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Liège Belgium. He has a cenotaph memorial Grand Island Cemetery Hall County Nebraska his body was not recovered.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
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Entered the service from California.
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