42-39937 DUCHESS
MACR 4818
Mission #48 Target: Brux, Czechoslovakia
May 12, 1944
2LT
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HAROLD H HEMER
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PILOT
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KIA
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5 MISSIONS
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2LT
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CHARLES L CANTERBURY
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CO-PILOT
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KIA
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5 MISSIONS
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2LT
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ROBERT T LONGENECKER
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NAVIGATOR
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KIA
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5 MISSIONS
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SSGT
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EDWARD J ZELL
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BOMBARDIER
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KIA
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6 MISSIONS
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SSGT
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RAYMOND C CARNES
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ENGINEER
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KIA
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5 MISSIONS
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SSGT
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WILLIAM J BUMGARDNER
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RADIOMAN
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POW
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5 MISSIONS
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SGT
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THOMAS M GRIFFITH
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BT GUNNER
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POW
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5 MISSIONS
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SGT
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NORMAN P BETHUNE
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RW GUNNER
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POW
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5 MISSIONS
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SGT
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ELMER S MICHAUD
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LW GUNNER
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POW
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2 MISSIONS
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SGT
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ROY D DICKEY
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TAIL GUNNER
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POW
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5 MISSIONS
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Flew #4 in high squadron.
This plane was missing after being attacked by enemy aircraft between Koblenz
and Frankfurt. The pilot made a crash landing on a hill, 4km NE of Rudersford in
the district of Siegen, Germany. No one bailed out. SSGT Zell died May 18, 1944
due to a fracture of his vertebral column. SGT Michaud was wounded.
