 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
"132" |
B |
- |
24 |
H | - |
10 | - |
FO | 42-52132 | 8 | 448 | 712 | CT | A | 00-1 | N/A |
AKA "The BOOMERANG"
Contributor -
Daniel McCullough
Shown with my Uncle, Benjamin Z. Means (L/Waist Gunner), standing 3rd from left.
Original crew from Oct 1943-Feb 1944 before it crashed 10 Feb 1944:
| Standing (L-R) S/Sgt Bill J. McCullah - Nose/Ball Gunner S/Sgt Raymond G. Ginojna - Tail Gunner S/Sgt Benjamin Z. Means - L/Waist Gunner T/Sgt Gerald E. Carroll - Eng/Top Turret Gunner S/Sgt Norbert F. Duginske - R/Waist Gunner T/Sgt Kenneth Dyer - Radio Operator |
Kneeling (L-R) ?? ?? (Not Shown) 1Lt Paul R. Helander - Pilot 2Lt John J. Schneider - Co-pilot 2Lt Alfred E. Cannon - Navigator 2Lt Henry M. Snyder - Bombardier |
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Original aircraft - Arrived Seething 30 Nov 43. Said to have been named "The
BOOMERANG" but it had no name or nose art according to 448th BG communication
dated 29 Dec 43 to 2nd Bomb Division giving names and nose art. Temporarily
transferred to 93rd BG (one mission on 13 Dec 43). 12 missions with 448th BG: 24
Dec 43 - 6 Feb 44. Crashed 10 Feb 44, 2 miles west of Tibenham, after mid-air
collision (MAC) with 42-52115 during assembly (3 SAD Field Engineering salvage list
states it collided with a P-47). (Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands) Salvaged 10 & 11 Feb
44 at Tibenham.
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