Waugh, Colby Arthur

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Waugh, Colby Arthur
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-249
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, effective 11 March 1943.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	TBD
Results	Transferred
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 23 June 1920 Apparently transferred out of the 384th before the Group moved overseas, and was replaced on the Riches Crew by 2LT Richard J McCray. May have become a B-24 pilot for the 392nd BG at Wendling Airfield, and was killed in a crash in England, 4 January 1944, returning from a mission to Keil, Germany (see remote page link).
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Original 384^th Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Riches, George William⇗	Pilot	KIA
Flt. Ofcr. Waugh, Colby Arthur	Co-pilot	TR
2nd Lt. Irwin, Donald Jesse⇗	Navigator	POW
2nd Lt. Boomhower, William (NMI)⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Penney, Freeman Seth, "Buzz"⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Anderson, Bernard Herman⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Smith, Guy Edwin⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Lavoie, Ralph Edmund⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Martin, Stanley Schoffield⇗	Tail Gunner	KIA
S/SGT. Waller, William Theodore⇗	Flexible Gunner	KIA

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