USAAF
5th AF
380th BG
531st BS
1944 |
Pilot 1st Lt Leo M. Jennings, O-742582 (MIA /KIA) CA
Co-Pilot 2nd Lt Robert Walls, O-684582 (MIA /KIA)TX
Navigator 1st Lt Douglas W. Head, O-685605 (MIA /KIA) NM
Bombardier 1st Lt John D. Ennis, O-679615 (MIA /KIA) NY
Engineer T/Sgt John M. Laster, 6390425 (MIA /KIA) TN
Radio T/Sgt Philip L. Mercier, 20106915 (MIA /KIA) MA
Assist. Engineer S/Sgt Robert R. Lansing, 15331198 (MIA /KIA) IN
Assist. Radio S/Sgt Horace J. Cooper, 13091380 (MIA /KIA) PA
Gunner S/Sgt Howard W. Gross, 39311686 (MIA /KIA) OR
Gunner S/Sgt Clarence H. Bieber, 37433517 (MIA /KIA) MN
Crashed March 8, 1944 at 1225/L
MACR 3309
Aircraft History
Engines: Type R183065 Serial Numbers: A) 42-90028 8) 42-9043 C) 42-07912 0) 42-39888. Nickamed "Sunshine I" with artwork of a devil holding a pitch fork, reclining on a bomb.
Mission History
Aircraft departed Nadzab Airfield on a bomb mission against Dagua Airfield. The entire crew were members of the 529th Bombardment Squadron. Last sighted at Lat 3.30 Long 143.30 with engines on fire. Three members of the crew were seen to parachute from the aircraft but their landing was obscured by cloud.
Wreckage
Aircraft located postwar by RAAF Searcher Team.
Memorials
Crew was declared dead on January 25, 1946. They are memorialized on the tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.
References
RAAF Crash Card for B-24D 42-41225
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October 1, 2009
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B-24
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