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42-29800 Delivered to the Cheyenne, Wyoming Modification center on 20 February 1943. Moved to Gore Field, Great Falls, Montana on 7 March 1943; Smoky Hill Army Airfield, Kansas on 14 March 1943; Morrison Field, Florida on 9 April 1943. Ferried overseas and assigned to the 335th Bombardment Squadron, squadron code QE-L, 95th Bombardment Group, station 102, Alconbury, UK on 17 May 1943; flew 4 missions then transferred to the 422nd Bombardment Squadron, squadron code JJ-E/J, 305th Bombardment Group, station 105, Chelveston on 17 June 1943. Transferred to the 546th bombardment squadron, squadron code BK-H, 384th Bombardment Group, station 106, Grafton Underwood on 7 October 1943. Missing in Action on a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany on 14 October 1943 with Pilot-William Russell Harry, Navigator-David Hall Black, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner-Thomas Brooks Wheeler, Radio Operator-Edward Francis Simpson, Ball Turret Gunner-John Conat McKenna, Waist Gunner-Howard David Parks, Tail Gunner-Leroy Parent and Waist Gunner-Julius Martin Markus were captured and became Prisoners of War (8 POW); Co-pilot-Ivan Luther Rice {his chute opened inside when about to jump} and Bombardier-Charles Pershing Mannka were Killed in Action (2 KIA). The ship was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Simmershofen, 19 miles Southeast of Wurzburg, Germany. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #840. Aircraft Name: ME AND MY GAL.
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