New Castle, PA
Entered Service: Dec 1943
Killed in Action: over Mindaro Island
Gunner, B-24J Liberator #42-110115
"Drunkard's Dream"
Crashed on takeoff from Murtha Strip, San Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, on the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre and on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
All eleven aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
Entered Service: Dec 1943
Killed in Action: over Mindaro Island
Gunner, B-24J Liberator #42-110115
"Drunkard's Dream"
Crashed on takeoff from Murtha Strip, San Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, on the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre and on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
All eleven aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
New Castle, PA
Entered Service: Dec 1943
Killed in Action: over Mindaro Island
Gunner, B-24J Liberator #42-110115
"Drunkard's Dream"
Crashed on takeoff from Murtha Strip, San Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, on the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre and on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
All eleven aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
Entered Service: Dec 1943
Killed in Action: over Mindaro Island
Gunner, B-24J Liberator #42-110115
"Drunkard's Dream"
Crashed on takeoff from Murtha Strip, San Jose, Mindoro Island, Philippines, on the aircraft's 74th mission in the Pacific Theatre and on a mission (No. 169-E2) to hit the Balikpapan fortifications on Borneo, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
All eleven aboard were killed, including:
2nd Lt. Joseph B. Connaughton, Jr. – Aircraft Commander
2nd Lt. Jay W. Swan – Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward I. Plotkin – Navigator
2nd Lt. Henry L. Ostapowski – Bombardier
T/Sgt Smith M. Abbott – Flight Engineer
T/Sgt. Gerald H. Altig – Radio Operator
S/Sgt. George P. Adams – Martin Upper Gunner
S/Sgt. Lonnie L. Albert – Armorer Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry F. Bain, Jr. – Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Joseph C. Barb – Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Harry D. Rollings – Photographer
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