42-37946  THE WORRY BIRD


MACR: 2520

MISSION #3

TARGET: FRANKFURT, GERMANY
1LT
 EARL W TRUEX
 PILOT
 POW
COL
 HERBERT O WANGEMAN
 GROUP
COMMANDER/CP
 POW
1LT
 WILLIAM E SUMMER
 NAVIGATOR
 POW
1LT
 VINCENT C LANIGAN
 BOMBARDIER
 POW
SSGT
 ARNOLD O PEDERSON
 ENGINEER
 EVD
SGT
 CHARLES J McCARTHY
 RADIOMAN
 POW
SGT
 COLEMAN B HILL
 RW GUNNER
 POW
SGT
 CHARLES C MONDAY
 LW GUNNER
 POW
SGT
 EDWARD W KUNIS
 BT GUNNER
 POW
2LT
 WILLIAM S CROSMAN
 TAIL GUNNER
 POW
Crew on February 8, 1944
The Worry Bird: The crew of this
plane thought their pilot, Earl W.
Truex, was a “worry bird”, so they
aptly named the plane. He had good
reason since theirs was probably the
first from the Group to get shot down.