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Re: B-24’s 858 BS 492 BG 14 and 15/04/1945
Hi,
Many thanks for the info and the link.
This gives as result for 44-49297 :
Crash-landed during an operational mission to Neuruppin, Germany, on a wet runway at A-93 (Bierset airfield), due to mechanical problems with engine nr.3. The entire crew was safe : 1Lt. Norman L.I’Lone (O-680061, pilot), 2Lt. George J.Hoerter (O-713443, co-pilot, born on 14/10/1920 at Louisville, Kentucky; returned from USAF in 1974; + 19/08/2013 at Lebanon, Kentucky; grave : Saint Augustine Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Kentucky), 2Lt. Robert M.Archer (O-722804, navigator), 2Lt.William F. Wilson, jr. (O-769330, bombardier), T/Sgt. Douglas V.Bartley (36462183, flight engineer, born in 1924, enlisted on 16/04/1943 at Kalamazoo, Michigan), S/Sgt. William F.Allen (19149936, radio operator, born in 1918, enlisted on 5/10/1942 at Sacramento County, California), S/Sgt. John Joseph Zhotohoski (33609666, gunner, born on 6/04/1919 at Benton, Illinois; enlisted on 10/08/1943 at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania); 1Lt. Clayton P.Scott (O-673740, mickey operator, born on 20/05/1916), S/Sgt. Huey P.Coltharp (38493126, tailgunner). A passenger (? , flight surgeon) was also unharmed.
Best regards
Luc
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