*** B-24H-5-FO - c/n 788 - #42-7764 "B" - 'BAGG OF BOLTS' ***
42-7764 (448th BG, 715th BS) damaged but returned to Seething (UK) Feb 21, 1944
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448th BG - Circle 'I' - 715th BS - 'Squadron Code - IO' - 2nd Div - 8th Air Force
Radio call letter 'P' of this plane was later changed to 'B'
Base : Seething, UK - Station 146 - deployed 22 Dec 1943
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Crew: B-24H-5-FO - #42-7764 "B" - 'Bag of Bolts' - 21 Feb 1944 - Mission: Hesepe Airfield - MACR #....
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20443215 - O-747201 - 2nd Lt. - Pilot - Hervey E. Broxton - Jefferson Co., AL - Age 28 - flew back to Seething, UK
16119153 - O-811341 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Dwight W. Covell - Muskegon Co., MI - Age 22 - flew back to Seething, UK
12076016 - O-687825 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Robert F. Fauerbach - New York Co., NY - Age 26 - flew back to Seething, UK
19039292 - O-746837 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Clair Ed Sharp - Riverside Co., CA - Age 27 - flew back to Seething, UK
12171708 - Sgt. - Engineer / Top-Turret Gunner - Donald V. Birdsall - Otsego Co., NY - Age 21 - flew back to Seething, UK
18194485 - S/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Joe K. Corziatti - Pittsburg Co., OK - Age 19 - flew back to Seething, UK
17127045 - Sgt. - AR - Ball Turret Gunner - Keith C. Tindall - Jackson Co., MO - Age 31 - flew back to Seething, UK
16162433 - Sgt. - AE - Right Waist Gunner - Robert E. Hudson - Macon Co., IL - Age ~21 - flew back to Seething, UK - INJ/DOW
Wounded gunner died 14 Jan 1945 - DOW
36555495 - S/Sgt. - AG - Left Waist Gunner - Henry Kubinski - Wayne Co., MI - Age ~21 - KIA
32711613 - Sgt. - G - Tail Turret Gunner - Irving Elba - Kings Co., NY - Age 21 - flew back to Seething, UK
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!!! Likely Crew #71 on 21 Feb 1944 !!! based on John C. Rowe WWII Aircrew Log
!!! Names / Positions need to be verified - info PATS - 18 Mar 2014 !!!
36555495 - S/Sgt. - AG - Gunner - Henry Kubinski - Wayne Co., MI - Age .. - KIA
Bailed out near Ommen, was found ~17:00 in the river "Regge" - near railway bridge Ommen - Zwolle
Initial buried 23 Feb 1944 - Single Grave - Row II - Grave: 20 - Ommen General Cemetery
reinterred Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NL - Plot: H - Row: 6 - Grave: 18

SGLO - T3438A
B-24H-5-FO #42-7764 "B" - 21 Feb 1944 - NEAR OMMEN - CREW 10


- 1 KIA - 1 INJ/DOW - 8 RET -
BROXTON - COVELL - FAUERBACH - SHARP - BIRDSALL
CORZIATTI - TINDALl - HUDSON - KUBINSKI(†) - ELBA
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