|
 |
|
|
| Missing In Action (MIA) | Prisoners Of War (POW) | Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) |
| Chronology | Locations | Aircraft | Ships | Submit Info | How You Can Help | Donate |
|
| USAAF 5th AF 71st TRG 17th TRS Former Assignments 38th BG |
Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25D-25 Mitchell serial number 42-87293. Ferried overseas to Hickam Field then across the Pacific to the South West Pacific Area (SPWA). Wartime History Assigned to the 38th Bombardment Group (38th BG). Later, assigned to the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group (71st TRG), 17th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (17th TRS). Nicknamed "Mitch The Witch". Assigned to pilot Captain Bertram "Bert" Sill. Wartime History On February 25, 1944 took off piloted by Captain Bert Sill on a mission over the Bismarck Sea. Flying at 3,000' near Kavieng encountered a Ki-21 Sally flying southeast towards Rabaul and engaged in an aerial gun battle with the enemy bomber and shot it down in a series of photographs that have been highly reproduced. This B-25 flew at least 190+ combat missions in the Pacific. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped at the end of the Pacific War. Memorials Sill passed away July 1, 1993. He has a memorial marker at Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton, NY at section MA, site 78. References NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Bertram A. Sill USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-25D-25 Mitchell 42-87293 "87293 (38th BG/17th RS) Survived 190 missions in Pacific Theatre during WW2; believed scrapped in theatre after war's end." Combat Recon, page 56-57, 85, 101 FindAGrave - Bertram Albert Sill (memorial marker photo) Contribute
Information Last Updated
|
 B-25  Photo Archive |
| Discussion Forum | Daily Updates | Reviews | Museums | Interviews & Oral Histories |
|
