Service # 35467761
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Kentucky
Date of Death May 13 1944
Buried Plot D Row 13 Grave 38
Ardennes American Cemetery
MACR 4824
41-29391
"Little LuLu"
466th BG | 787th BS
13 May 1944
Crew Members
Capt Russell Swaim, Pilot, POW
2Lt John F Hardy, Co-Pilot, POW
2Lt Marcus V Dunham, Navigator, KIA
2LT Howard Fein, Bombardiar, KIA
SSGT Verner Gottschalk, Left Waist Gunner, KIA
TSGT Floyd A Gilbert, Radio Operator, KIA
SSGT George F Kerrigan, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Ivan L Cushenbery, Flt Eng/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
SSGT Clinton W Kraft, Right Waist Gunner, KIA
SSGT Leo Kempner, Tail Gunner, KIA
Account of 1st Lt Amos B. Sharretts, O-667575, Pilot: 'Lt Swain´s ship peeled up and off to the left and dove. Saw six forms drop out after being attached'.
Account of Captain Harry B. McGregor, O-664417, Pilot: 'One B-24 (Swain) peeled out to the left and turned back to the right after
being hit in the cockpit by fighter. Jettisoned bombs and went into a gentle dive. Eight objects, believed to be bodies came out of the bomb bay doors and waist windows. One chute opened soon after bailing out. Ball gunner saw plane hit the ground and explode. Location: 5358N-0955E'.
Technical Sergeant Gilbert was buried at the cemetery of Boostedt near Kiel in grave number 551.
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Kentucky
Date of Death May 13 1944
Buried Plot D Row 13 Grave 38
Ardennes American Cemetery
MACR 4824
41-29391
"Little LuLu"
466th BG | 787th BS
13 May 1944
Crew Members
Capt Russell Swaim, Pilot, POW
2Lt John F Hardy, Co-Pilot, POW
2Lt Marcus V Dunham, Navigator, KIA
2LT Howard Fein, Bombardiar, KIA
SSGT Verner Gottschalk, Left Waist Gunner, KIA
TSGT Floyd A Gilbert, Radio Operator, KIA
SSGT George F Kerrigan, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Ivan L Cushenbery, Flt Eng/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
SSGT Clinton W Kraft, Right Waist Gunner, KIA
SSGT Leo Kempner, Tail Gunner, KIA
Account of 1st Lt Amos B. Sharretts, O-667575, Pilot: 'Lt Swain´s ship peeled up and off to the left and dove. Saw six forms drop out after being attached'.
Account of Captain Harry B. McGregor, O-664417, Pilot: 'One B-24 (Swain) peeled out to the left and turned back to the right after
being hit in the cockpit by fighter. Jettisoned bombs and went into a gentle dive. Eight objects, believed to be bodies came out of the bomb bay doors and waist windows. One chute opened soon after bailing out. Ball gunner saw plane hit the ground and explode. Location: 5358N-0955E'.
Technical Sergeant Gilbert was buried at the cemetery of Boostedt near Kiel in grave number 551.
Service # 35467761
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Kentucky
Date of Death May 13 1944
Buried Plot D Row 13 Grave 38
Ardennes American Cemetery
MACR 4824
41-29391
"Little LuLu"
466th BG | 787th BS
13 May 1944
Crew Members
Capt Russell Swaim, Pilot, POW
2Lt John F Hardy, Co-Pilot, POW
2Lt Marcus V Dunham, Navigator, KIA
2LT Howard Fein, Bombardiar, KIA
SSGT Verner Gottschalk, Left Waist Gunner, KIA
TSGT Floyd A Gilbert, Radio Operator, KIA
SSGT George F Kerrigan, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Ivan L Cushenbery, Flt Eng/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
SSGT Clinton W Kraft, Right Waist Gunner, KIA
SSGT Leo Kempner, Tail Gunner, KIA
Account of 1st Lt Amos B. Sharretts, O-667575, Pilot: 'Lt Swain´s ship peeled up and off to the left and dove. Saw six forms drop out after being attached'.
Account of Captain Harry B. McGregor, O-664417, Pilot: 'One B-24 (Swain) peeled out to the left and turned back to the right after
being hit in the cockpit by fighter. Jettisoned bombs and went into a gentle dive. Eight objects, believed to be bodies came out of the bomb bay doors and waist windows. One chute opened soon after bailing out. Ball gunner saw plane hit the ground and explode. Location: 5358N-0955E'.
Technical Sergeant Gilbert was buried at the cemetery of Boostedt near Kiel in grave number 551.
Unit 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Technical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Kentucky
Date of Death May 13 1944
Buried Plot D Row 13 Grave 38
Ardennes American Cemetery
MACR 4824
41-29391
"Little LuLu"
466th BG | 787th BS
13 May 1944
Crew Members
Capt Russell Swaim, Pilot, POW
2Lt John F Hardy, Co-Pilot, POW
2Lt Marcus V Dunham, Navigator, KIA
2LT Howard Fein, Bombardiar, KIA
SSGT Verner Gottschalk, Left Waist Gunner, KIA
TSGT Floyd A Gilbert, Radio Operator, KIA
SSGT George F Kerrigan, Ball Turret Gunner, KIA
TSGT Ivan L Cushenbery, Flt Eng/Top Turret Gunner, KIA
SSGT Clinton W Kraft, Right Waist Gunner, KIA
SSGT Leo Kempner, Tail Gunner, KIA
Account of 1st Lt Amos B. Sharretts, O-667575, Pilot: 'Lt Swain´s ship peeled up and off to the left and dove. Saw six forms drop out after being attached'.
Account of Captain Harry B. McGregor, O-664417, Pilot: 'One B-24 (Swain) peeled out to the left and turned back to the right after
being hit in the cockpit by fighter. Jettisoned bombs and went into a gentle dive. Eight objects, believed to be bodies came out of the bomb bay doors and waist windows. One chute opened soon after bailing out. Ball gunner saw plane hit the ground and explode. Location: 5358N-0955E'.
Technical Sergeant Gilbert was buried at the cemetery of Boostedt near Kiel in grave number 551.
Inscription
TSGT 788 Bomber Gp 466 Bomber Grp
KENTUCK
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