USAAF
11th AF
44th BG
404th BS
Crew T/Sgt Thomas E. Ring (KIA)
Crashed August
12, 1943
MACR 13041
Mission History
Crashed near the shore of Kamchatka, all of the crew survived the crash, but one was wounded and later died in a a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in the crash landing. The rest of the crew were returned to US military control and the remains of T/Sgt Thomas E. Ring were repatriated and are buried in North Carolina at the request of the next-of-kin.
Wreckage
This is a well-known wreck site since the war.
References
Thanks to Chris McDermott for crew details.
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