Lt Homer Sprinkle and Sgt Julius Friend - DNB crash 18 Oct 1943

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Just in case, both men are buried in USA (see findagrave for war details) and according to the newspapers announcing his death, Sgt Julius Friend died of wounds.

As a Sgt, Friend was probably not a pilot so was probably flying as a passenger in the aircraft flown by Lt Sprinkle. Aircraft was probably a liaison plane, or even a captured Italian or German plane, rather than a P-38. That may explain the absence of accident report.