Hometown: Oakland, CA
Squadron:567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 6552835
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pilot: Lt Sidney W.Eline, KIA Louisville, KY
Target: Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3598
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-99977
Aircraft Model B-24J-55-CO
Aircraft Letter: P-
Aircraft Name: WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC?
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW
389th BG loses three aircraft to flak this day.
Crew of WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC?
1/Lt Sidney W. Eline Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Joseph K. Thompson Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Robert H. Leahey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Robert H. Leahey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt John B. Harvey Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Whitson P. Colford Engineer KIA
T/Sgt Jay W.Cobb Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. James V. Luisi Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Wallace L. Reid Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Edgar A. Rich Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Edgar A. Rich Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Howard E. Sharp Gunner
S/Sgt. Howard E. Sharp Gunner
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Squadron:567th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 6552835
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Pilot: Lt Sidney W.Eline, KIA Louisville, KY
Target: Pforzheim
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: 3598
Date Lost: 1-Apr-44
Serial Number: 42-99977
Aircraft Model B-24J-55-CO
Aircraft Letter: P-
Aircraft Name: WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC?
Location: Pforzheim
Cause: AA 8 KIA, 2 POW
389th BG loses three aircraft to flak this day.
Crew of WHAT'S COOKIN' DOC?
1/Lt Sidney W. Eline Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Joseph K. Thompson Co Pilot POW
2nd/Lt. Robert H. Leahey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Robert H. Leahey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt John B. Harvey Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Whitson P. Colford Engineer KIA
T/Sgt Jay W.Cobb Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. James V. Luisi Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Wallace L. Reid Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Edgar A. Rich Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Edgar A. Rich Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Howard E. Sharp Gunner
S/Sgt. Howard E. Sharp Gunner
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
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