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TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
"973" |
B |
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24 |
D |
- |
20 |
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CF |
42-63973 |
8 |
389 |
564 |
YO |
G |
01-1 |
BERNARD A. KOTFILA |
Lost 30 Dec 43, FRA - MACR 1973 - Pilot Richard F. Schafer
Contributor - Peter
Simpson
Taken by my Father-In-Law, Bernard A. Kotfila (Army Combat
Photographer)
Info Contributor - Christopher
S. Gregg
Developed a mechanical problem and was abandoned 5
miles south east of Soissons, France, and went down at Laon, France.
The crew Evaded (EVD) capture or became a Prisoner Of War (POW):
| Pilot - 2/LT Richard F. Schafer (EVD) Co-Pilot - 2/LT Vincent P. Tollis (POW) Navigator - 2/LT Morton B. Schapiro (EVD) Bombardier - 1/LT Robert V. Krengle (POW) Engineer - T/Sgt. Elmer B. Dour (POW) |
Radio Operator - T/Sgt. Felton R. Luke (EVD) Waist Gunner - S/Sgt. Paul F. Dicken (EVD) Waist Gunner - S/Sgt. Joseph M. Leaper, Jr. (POW) Tail Gunner - S/Sgt. James E. Cooke (POW) |
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