Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #425795 'Skoal. ' Returned to base. Collided with enemy FW190 and crashed E of Gardelegan on a mission to Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31578 'My Darling Also'. Bob Tibbetts, Co-pilot: Alex Ellerman, Navigator: Leo Sharum, Bombardier: Rich Wertheim, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Brady, Radio Operator: Bob Kidder, Ball turret gunner: Harry Rhode, Waist gunner: Syd Barrett (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dana Morse,Tail gunner: Walt Davis (2 Prisoner of War); another B-17 was hit mid air coll with FW190, the wreckage falling on '578 and all three crashed near Letzlingen, seven SE of Javenitz, six miles E of, Gardelegen, Ger
Shot down 26 November 1943 in B-17 #425795 'Skoal. ' Returned to base. Collided with enemy FW190 and crashed E of Gardelegan on a mission to Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31578 'My Darling Also'. Bob Tibbetts, Co-pilot: Alex Ellerman, Navigator: Leo Sharum, Bombardier: Rich Wertheim, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jim Brady, Radio Operator: Bob Kidder, Ball turret gunner: Harry Rhode, Waist gunner: Syd Barrett (8 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Dana Morse,Tail gunner: Walt Davis (2 Prisoner of War); another B-17 was hit mid air coll with FW190, the wreckage falling on '578 and all three crashed near Letzlingen, seven SE of Javenitz, six miles E of, Gardelegen, Ger
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2 LT 401 Bomb Sq 91 Bomb GP (H)
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Entered the service from New York.
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