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Lost 15 Oct 44 Saint-Trond Fld (Sint-Truiden/Brustem Airfield), BEL - Pilot Glen E. Rowe
Info Contributor - Brendan Wood
| Standing (L-R) S/Sgt Richard Brackus - Tail Gunner S/Sgt Simon Castillo - Ball Turret Gunner T/Sgt Stephen Bazicek - Radio Operator S/Sgt Donald R. Huff - Waist Gunner S/Sgt Charles L. Galletti - Waist Gunner T/Sgt George W. Broadway - Eng/Top Turret Gunner |
Kneeling (L-R) 1/Lt John T. Leion - Bombardier Capt Lyle W. Kent - Pilot 1/Lt Warren H. Smith - Navigator 1/Lt Gilbert D. Herrmann - Co-Pilot |
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
The aircraft was being flown by 1st Lt. Glen E. Rowe
and his crew on Mission 171 (15 Oct 44) to Cologne when it was hit by flak
crossing the Rhine on return. #4 engine was lost immediately and #1 went out ten
minutes later. Both were feathered and, as the plane was losing altitude, the
crew threw out guns, ammunition etc. Lt. Rowe decided to land on St. Trond
airfield. On the approach, realizing he was landing long, he tried to go round
again but the plane crashed, ripping off the landing gear and fire broke out in
the bomb bay and fore of this. Lt. Rowe and the tail gunner, S/Sgt. Howington,
were killed and the radio operator, T/Sgt Frank J. Janik, is believed to have
suffocated.
| 1st Lt. Glen E. Rowe - Pilot 1st Lt. James Royer - Co-Pilot 1st Lt. Irving Siegel - Bombardier 1st Lt. James Hedren, - Navigator |
S/Sgt. William L. Hendric - Engineer S/Sgt. Leroy Weese - R/Waist Gunner S/Sgt. Howington - Tail Gunner T/Sgt. Frank J. Janik - Radio Operator |
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