A-20 in distress

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There were two enlisted men from the 47th BG captured on the same day as Edgar D Hinshaw. "If" the photo is of their ship, it is surprising the gunners survived.

S/Sgt ARCHER, GORDON M, 20645968 and
S/Sgt MESSEMER, JOHN E 12027198.

On the 47th BG website there is a MACR report of a "No. 41" loss here (one of the eyewitness statements (by Sgt Leblock) refers to the plane as No 41) :

http://www.47thbombgroup.org/macr/52.html

In reading through the MACR, there are some items of interest. The plane was hit by flak and the port (left side) engine was set on fire. The mission was to an airfield in Sicily and all the crew were killed as the plane was later attacked by fighters. The plane was an A-20B, 41-3252. The date was July 4, 1943 which is later than was originally estimated, based on the plane's markings. There is a map in the MACR and it "might" be possible to identify something in the photo to that location in Sicily, "if" this crash was the plane in the photo.