2nd Lt Richard E. Asher KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Squadron: 564th 389th Bomb Group
Serial # O-678137
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. Fern M. Titus MIA/KIA
Target: Villacoublay France
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:6772
Date Lost: 25-Jun-44
Serial Number: 41-28793
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: J
Aircraft Name:
Location: France
Cause: AA 9 KIA, 3POW
Method used for BTO/PFF bombing was the use of an airborne RADAR set designated as APS15 by its developer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The name used by the Air Force was H2X, or its more commonly used name of Mickey
The Titus crew was flying PPF Aircraft as deputy lead for the 489th BG
Titus had just left the target when the #3 engine was hit by flack and sheared off part of the wing. The aircraft was last seen going down in flames No parachutes were seen, however three crewman became POW.
Captain Titus Crew
Capt. Fern M. Titus Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt Richard E. Asher Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. John R . Probert Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Kenneth E Brown Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Joseph A. Zavorski Jr. Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Monte R. Baker Command Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Julian M. Zagula Radio Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Author E. Butler RAD/M KIA
S/Sgt. Charles L. Hedrick MIT/S POW
S/Sgt. Everett J. Kees MIT/A POW
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Joseph T. Fiorentino KIA
S/Sgt. Bartholomew J. Debouna Gunner KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Squadron: 564th 389th Bomb Group
Serial # O-678137
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. Fern M. Titus MIA/KIA
Target: Villacoublay France
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:6772
Date Lost: 25-Jun-44
Serial Number: 41-28793
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: J
Aircraft Name:
Location: France
Cause: AA 9 KIA, 3POW
Method used for BTO/PFF bombing was the use of an airborne RADAR set designated as APS15 by its developer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The name used by the Air Force was H2X, or its more commonly used name of Mickey
The Titus crew was flying PPF Aircraft as deputy lead for the 489th BG
Titus had just left the target when the #3 engine was hit by flack and sheared off part of the wing. The aircraft was last seen going down in flames No parachutes were seen, however three crewman became POW.
Captain Titus Crew
Capt. Fern M. Titus Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt Richard E. Asher Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. John R . Probert Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Kenneth E Brown Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Joseph A. Zavorski Jr. Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Monte R. Baker Command Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Julian M. Zagula Radio Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Author E. Butler RAD/M KIA
S/Sgt. Charles L. Hedrick MIT/S POW
S/Sgt. Everett J. Kees MIT/A POW
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Joseph T. Fiorentino KIA
S/Sgt. Bartholomew J. Debouna Gunner KIA
2nd Lt Richard E. Asher KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Squadron: 564th 389th Bomb Group
Serial # O-678137
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. Fern M. Titus MIA/KIA
Target: Villacoublay France
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:6772
Date Lost: 25-Jun-44
Serial Number: 41-28793
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: J
Aircraft Name:
Location: France
Cause: AA 9 KIA, 3POW
Method used for BTO/PFF bombing was the use of an airborne RADAR set designated as APS15 by its developer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The name used by the Air Force was H2X, or its more commonly used name of Mickey
The Titus crew was flying PPF Aircraft as deputy lead for the 489th BG
Titus had just left the target when the #3 engine was hit by flack and sheared off part of the wing. The aircraft was last seen going down in flames No parachutes were seen, however three crewman became POW.
Captain Titus Crew
Capt. Fern M. Titus Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt Richard E. Asher Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. John R . Probert Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Kenneth E Brown Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Joseph A. Zavorski Jr. Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Monte R. Baker Command Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Julian M. Zagula Radio Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Author E. Butler RAD/M KIA
S/Sgt. Charles L. Hedrick MIT/S POW
S/Sgt. Everett J. Kees MIT/A POW
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Joseph T. Fiorentino KIA
S/Sgt. Bartholomew J. Debouna Gunner KIA
Hometown:Illinois
Squadron: 564th 389th Bomb Group
Serial # O-678137
Awards: Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. Fern M. Titus MIA/KIA
Target: Villacoublay France
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:6772
Date Lost: 25-Jun-44
Serial Number: 41-28793
Aircraft Model B-24HSH-15-DT
Aircraft Letter: J
Aircraft Name:
Location: France
Cause: AA 9 KIA, 3POW
Method used for BTO/PFF bombing was the use of an airborne RADAR set designated as APS15 by its developer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The name used by the Air Force was H2X, or its more commonly used name of Mickey
The Titus crew was flying PPF Aircraft as deputy lead for the 489th BG
Titus had just left the target when the #3 engine was hit by flack and sheared off part of the wing. The aircraft was last seen going down in flames No parachutes were seen, however three crewman became POW.
Captain Titus Crew
Capt. Fern M. Titus Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt Richard E. Asher Co Pilot KIA
1st/Lt. John R . Probert Navigator POW
2nd/Lt. Kenneth E Brown Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Joseph A. Zavorski Jr. Bombardier KIA
1st/Lt. Monte R. Baker Command Pilot MIA/KIA
2nd/Lt. Julian M. Zagula Radio Navigator KIA
T/Sgt. Author E. Butler RAD/M KIA
S/Sgt. Charles L. Hedrick MIT/S POW
S/Sgt. Everett J. Kees MIT/A POW
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Joseph T. Fiorentino KIA
S/Sgt. Bartholomew J. Debouna Gunner KIA
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Illinois.
Family Members
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