Sgt. Hubert Misner Will be buried at Lafayette Friday.

Funeral services for Sgt. Hubert Misner, 24, a native of Crawfordsville, who was killed Nov. 11, 1944, at Batigne, France, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Hippensteel Funeral home, north Ninth street, Lafayette, with burial at Rest Haven cemetery, near Lafayette. The son of Cleve and Margaret Misner, of Lafayette, Sgt. Misner enlisted in January, 1942. He was serving as a radio operator and machine gunner in the Air Forces when he met his death. Sgt. Misner, who was born Feb. 13, 1920, attended the Smartsburg school, east of here. He was graduated from the Jefferson high school in Lafayette. His body, which was returned to this country recently form overseas, is scheduled to arrive in Lafayette Thursday evening. It will be taken to the Hippensteel Funeral home where it will be kept prior to the services. Surviving, besides the parents, are four brothers, Glenn Misner, of Camp Breckenridge, Ky.; Robert Misner, of Camp Stoneman, Cal., Wallace Misner, of Lafayette, and Harold Misner, of Michigan; a grandfather, John Baker, 807 east Market street; an aunt, Mrs. Nora Morrison, 606 east Pike street, and several other relatives in Crawfordsville. Two of the surviving brothers, Harold and Wallace Misner, served five and three and one-half years, respectively, during World War II. (Journal & Review, Crawfordsville, IN, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1948, p. 3, Col. 3)

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #35254580

Hubert G. Misner is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

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B-26G #43-34370.

Shortly after taking off from airfield A-60 in Persan-Beaumont, France, on a mission to bomb the communication center at Putzlohn, Germany, the airplane came too close to a leading B-26 in the formation element and got caught in a prop-wash torrent and quickly lost control.

Just eight minutes into the mission, the bomber was knocked over and went into an uncontrollable spiral and crashed into the ground and exploded, 8 km. north of Rantigny, near Bois de la Sablonniere, killing the six-man crew. Pilot Lt. Williams had much experience flying, and trained new pilots stateside, but lacked experience flying the B-26, particularly when heavily loaded with ordnances.

Crewmembers were:

2LT Kenneth I Williams, O-734290, TX, Pilot

2LT Leo A Kehn, O-713767, OH, Co-Pilot

FLT OFF Glenn H Tiger, T-126259, NJ, Bombardier-Navigator

SGT Donald E Kelly, 39700402, CA, Gunner

SGT Homer C Land, 38458598, Gunner

SGT Hubert G Misner Radio Operator-Gunner