LT COL USAF WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
WWII - 448th BG, 714th B Sq
CoPilot, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany for interrogation, and then to Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Some were later moved to other camps. The airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK – POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD – POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL – POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY – POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS – POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, Radio Operator S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC – POW Stalag Luft 4
WWII - 448th BG, 714th B Sq
CoPilot, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany for interrogation, and then to Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Some were later moved to other camps. The airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK – POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD – POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL – POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY – POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS – POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, Radio Operator S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC – POW Stalag Luft 4
LT COL USAF WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM
WWII - 448th BG, 714th B Sq
CoPilot, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany for interrogation, and then to Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Some were later moved to other camps. The airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK – POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD – POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL – POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY – POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS – POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, Radio Operator S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC – POW Stalag Luft 4
WWII - 448th BG, 714th B Sq
CoPilot, B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost'
POW Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany
On 21 February 1944, his plane B-24 #42-7768 'The Proud Wanderlost' was attacked by FW-190s. The target was an Airdrome in Munster, Germany. Exploding 20mm shells killed the Right Waist Gunner Sgt Robert Yarnell and he went down with the plane. The attack also wounded the Radio Operator Sgt Guy Padgett. Sgt Loyd was killed when he fell from the aircraft without a parachute. Loyd's remains were recovered, but it appears that Yarnell's were not. The rest of the crew survived but were taken as POWs to Dulag Luft in Frankfurt, Germany for interrogation, and then to Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. Some were later moved to other camps. The airplane crashed in the woods outside the town of Horstel, Germany.
The crew members were~
1st LT Clair W Cline, Pilot S/N O-746302 MN - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Robert O Brockman, Co-Pilot S/N O-687671 MO - POW Stalag Luft 1
2nd LT Ted (NMI) Strain, Bombardier S/N O-686204 OK – POW Stalag Luft 1
1st LT Adin Simms Batson, Navigator S/N O-687924 MD – POW Stalag Luft 1
SSGT Ira H Loyd, Gunner S/N 36431449 Eagletown, McCurtan Co, OK - KIA
TSGT Lim L Teong, S/N 36603262 IL – POW Stalag Luft 3
SSGT Robert H Yarnell, Waist Gunner S/N 35668792 Jessamine Co, KY - KIA
SSGT Albert Giliotti, Gunner S/N 32717371 NY – POW Stalag Luft 4
SSGT Hubert A Hunt, Gunner S/N 38321373 KS – POW Stalag Luft 4
TSGT Guy T Padgett, Radio Operator S/N 14029257 Rutherford Co, NC – POW Stalag Luft 4
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