US Army Air Forces
WW II
Sgt Penny was a right waist gunner on B24 Liberator #42-73416. The plane had participated in a bombing mission of a factory in Weiner Neustadt, Austria. The plane was hit enemy fighters while in formation and lost power. Sgt Penny had been wounded in the leg or foot and lost a lot of blood. It is believed that he was blown out of the plane when it exploded and died during his parachute descent. 4 crew members were killed and 8 were captured.
Members of the crew were:
Sgt Zebulon Vance Penny - waist gunner, died
S Sgt Robert Hanson Honeycutt - photographer
2nd Lt Peter Skopic - navigator
2nd Lt William Foster Jr - pilot
2nd Lt James Monroe Elder - co pilot
2nd Lt Dennis J Lochner - bombardier
T Sgt Donald Henry Kennedy - engineer
S Sgt Edwin Resthun Follett - radio and nose turret gunner
Sgt George Furdich - tail gunner - killed in fighter engagement
Cpl Frederick Eugene Deuel - ball gunner - killed by explosion
Cpl Victor Cecil Hawthorne - nose gunner - died
Information was taken from Missing Air Crew Report #5443
(Thank you Bill Wheeler)
WW II
Sgt Penny was a right waist gunner on B24 Liberator #42-73416. The plane had participated in a bombing mission of a factory in Weiner Neustadt, Austria. The plane was hit enemy fighters while in formation and lost power. Sgt Penny had been wounded in the leg or foot and lost a lot of blood. It is believed that he was blown out of the plane when it exploded and died during his parachute descent. 4 crew members were killed and 8 were captured.
Members of the crew were:
Sgt Zebulon Vance Penny - waist gunner, died
S Sgt Robert Hanson Honeycutt - photographer
2nd Lt Peter Skopic - navigator
2nd Lt William Foster Jr - pilot
2nd Lt James Monroe Elder - co pilot
2nd Lt Dennis J Lochner - bombardier
T Sgt Donald Henry Kennedy - engineer
S Sgt Edwin Resthun Follett - radio and nose turret gunner
Sgt George Furdich - tail gunner - killed in fighter engagement
Cpl Frederick Eugene Deuel - ball gunner - killed by explosion
Cpl Victor Cecil Hawthorne - nose gunner - died
Information was taken from Missing Air Crew Report #5443
(Thank you Bill Wheeler)
US Army Air Forces
WW II
Sgt Penny was a right waist gunner on B24 Liberator #42-73416. The plane had participated in a bombing mission of a factory in Weiner Neustadt, Austria. The plane was hit enemy fighters while in formation and lost power. Sgt Penny had been wounded in the leg or foot and lost a lot of blood. It is believed that he was blown out of the plane when it exploded and died during his parachute descent. 4 crew members were killed and 8 were captured.
Members of the crew were:
Sgt Zebulon Vance Penny - waist gunner, died
S Sgt Robert Hanson Honeycutt - photographer
2nd Lt Peter Skopic - navigator
2nd Lt William Foster Jr - pilot
2nd Lt James Monroe Elder - co pilot
2nd Lt Dennis J Lochner - bombardier
T Sgt Donald Henry Kennedy - engineer
S Sgt Edwin Resthun Follett - radio and nose turret gunner
Sgt George Furdich - tail gunner - killed in fighter engagement
Cpl Frederick Eugene Deuel - ball gunner - killed by explosion
Cpl Victor Cecil Hawthorne - nose gunner - died
Information was taken from Missing Air Crew Report #5443
(Thank you Bill Wheeler)
WW II
Sgt Penny was a right waist gunner on B24 Liberator #42-73416. The plane had participated in a bombing mission of a factory in Weiner Neustadt, Austria. The plane was hit enemy fighters while in formation and lost power. Sgt Penny had been wounded in the leg or foot and lost a lot of blood. It is believed that he was blown out of the plane when it exploded and died during his parachute descent. 4 crew members were killed and 8 were captured.
Members of the crew were:
Sgt Zebulon Vance Penny - waist gunner, died
S Sgt Robert Hanson Honeycutt - photographer
2nd Lt Peter Skopic - navigator
2nd Lt William Foster Jr - pilot
2nd Lt James Monroe Elder - co pilot
2nd Lt Dennis J Lochner - bombardier
T Sgt Donald Henry Kennedy - engineer
S Sgt Edwin Resthun Follett - radio and nose turret gunner
Sgt George Furdich - tail gunner - killed in fighter engagement
Cpl Frederick Eugene Deuel - ball gunner - killed by explosion
Cpl Victor Cecil Hawthorne - nose gunner - died
Information was taken from Missing Air Crew Report #5443
(Thank you Bill Wheeler)
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