MISSION: #4 BRUNSWICK
CREW LIST ON FEB 10, 1944
PILOT 2LT KENNETH D. SMITH POW
CO-PILOT 2LT ROBERT R. NIXON POW
NAVIGATOR 2LT JOHN L. NIGHTINGALE KIA
BOMBARDIER 2LT WILLIAM M. DOYLE KIA
ENGINEER T/SGT CHARLES W. HACIC POW
RADIOMAN SSGT ROY E. MORRIS KIA
W GUNNER SSGT FLOYD E. HOLMAN POW
W GUNNER SGT RUSSELL C. MOSS POW
BT GUNNER SSGT HARVEY H. FLEMING POW
TAIL GUNNER SGT KENNETH M. BURNS POW
PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. # 1 AND 2 ENGINES WERE HIT AND
CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING A RUN AWAY PROP AT 24,000 FT. SUPERCHARGERS WERE
ALSO KNOCKED OUT. CREW BAILED OUT AND WERE CAPTURED NEAR KEMME. THE B-17
CRASHED 2KM NORTH OF KEMME OR 8KM NORTH OF HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. THE KIA
WERE BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AT KEMME. AFTER THE WAR, THEY WERE REINTERRED
IN THE ARDENNES CEMETERY, BUT COULD NOT BE INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED. THEY LATER
RECEIVED A GROUP BURIAL IN THE ROCK ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, ROCK ISLAND,
ILLINOIS.
(Trying to locate more info, pics, and crew lists.)
CREW LIST ON FEB 10, 1944
PILOT 2LT KENNETH D. SMITH POW
CO-PILOT 2LT ROBERT R. NIXON POW
NAVIGATOR 2LT JOHN L. NIGHTINGALE KIA
BOMBARDIER 2LT WILLIAM M. DOYLE KIA
ENGINEER T/SGT CHARLES W. HACIC POW
RADIOMAN SSGT ROY E. MORRIS KIA
W GUNNER SSGT FLOYD E. HOLMAN POW
W GUNNER SGT RUSSELL C. MOSS POW
BT GUNNER SSGT HARVEY H. FLEMING POW
TAIL GUNNER SGT KENNETH M. BURNS POW
PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. # 1 AND 2 ENGINES WERE HIT AND
CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING A RUN AWAY PROP AT 24,000 FT. SUPERCHARGERS WERE
ALSO KNOCKED OUT. CREW BAILED OUT AND WERE CAPTURED NEAR KEMME. THE B-17
CRASHED 2KM NORTH OF KEMME OR 8KM NORTH OF HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. THE KIA
WERE BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AT KEMME. AFTER THE WAR, THEY WERE REINTERRED
IN THE ARDENNES CEMETERY, BUT COULD NOT BE INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED. THEY LATER
RECEIVED A GROUP BURIAL IN THE ROCK ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, ROCK ISLAND,
ILLINOIS.
(Trying to locate more info, pics, and crew lists.)
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