Technical Sergeant, 775th Bomb Squadron,
463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force,
World War II.
Radio Operator aboard B-17G Flying Fortress
#42-38105, nicknamed "The Club 105."
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Roy N Zeiger, Pilot
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force,
World War II.
Radio Operator aboard B-17G Flying Fortress
#42-38105, nicknamed "The Club 105."
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Roy N Zeiger, Pilot
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
Technical Sergeant, 775th Bomb Squadron,
463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force,
World War II.
Radio Operator aboard B-17G Flying Fortress
#42-38105, nicknamed "The Club 105."
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Roy N Zeiger, Pilot
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force,
World War II.
Radio Operator aboard B-17G Flying Fortress
#42-38105, nicknamed "The Club 105."
Killed In Action when his plane collided
with B-17 #42-31845 while returning from
bombing mission to Budapest, Hungary, and
crashing near the Hvarski Channel over
Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia).
The men killed aboard his plane included:
2nd Lt. Roy N Zeiger, Pilot
2nd Lt. Karl P Doeppner, Bombardier
T/Sgt. Sam Smoak, Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. William N Cole, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William M Davis, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. William I Rodda (unk. position)
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