42-97529   DINAH MITE II

MACR 3663
Mission # 27 Target:Posen, Poland
April 9, 1944
1LT
CLYDE T BOY, JR
PILOT
POW
CAPT
DAIN E WIRT
CO-PILOT
KIA
2LT
HAROLD N MULFORD
NAVIGATOR
POW
2LT
OWEN P QUINTANA
BOMBARDIER
KIA
SSGT
GEORGE L WATERS
ENGINEER
POW
TSGT
MERNIE M PIERCE
RADIOMAN
POW
SGT
THOMAS F CODY, JR
BT GUNNER
POW
SSGT
RICHARD P WRETMAN
LW GUNNER
POW
SSGT
JACK T WEATHERINGTON
RW GUNNER
POW
SGT
CHARLES L HICKMAN, JR
TAIL GUNNER
POW
On return from the target, the formation was attacked by
about 12 FW-190s that hit the aircraft. the #2 engine was in
flames and all crew members bailed out. The plane crashed
at Todendorf, 1000 meters south of Puttgarden on Fehmarn
Island in the Baltic Sea. Writ and Quintana were killed when
they hit the open bomb bay. Their bodies were identified by
crew members. Waters suffered 2 broken arms.