Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Forces, 779th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group - Heavy, killed in action over Austria, 10 September 1944. Awarded Purple Heart Medal. Service #: O-673901
KIA 10-9-1944 as bombardier of B-24J / #44-41053 / 'Black Mike' / MACR 8262. Target: the Vienna oil refinery, Austria. Hit by flak after bombing. The aircraft was on fire and exploded in mid-air near the target. 8 KIA / 2 POW.
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B-24J Liberator #44-41053, nicknamed "Black Mike." Shot down over Vienna, Austria.
Also Killed In Action were:
2Lt. Norman O Overholt, Pilot, ND
2Lt. William B Robinson, Bombardier, Omaha, NE
Sgt. William T Ennis, Jr, Flight Engineer, Dry Beach, GA
Sgt. Frederick C Gebhardt, Gunner, Elizabeth, NJ
Sgt. Durrant D Sprague, Armorer-Gunner, Flint, MI
Sgt. Michael Zeman, Gunner, Little Falls, NY
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Entered the service from Iowa.
KIA 10-9-1944 as bombardier of B-24J / #44-41053 / 'Black Mike' / MACR 8262. Target: the Vienna oil refinery, Austria. Hit by flak after bombing. The aircraft was on fire and exploded in mid-air near the target. 8 KIA / 2 POW.
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B-24J Liberator #44-41053, nicknamed "Black Mike." Shot down over Vienna, Austria.
Also Killed In Action were:
2Lt. Norman O Overholt, Pilot, ND
2Lt. William B Robinson, Bombardier, Omaha, NE
Sgt. William T Ennis, Jr, Flight Engineer, Dry Beach, GA
Sgt. Frederick C Gebhardt, Gunner, Elizabeth, NJ
Sgt. Durrant D Sprague, Armorer-Gunner, Flint, MI
Sgt. Michael Zeman, Gunner, Little Falls, NY
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Entered the service from Iowa.
Second Lieutenant, US Army Air Forces, 779th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomber Group - Heavy, killed in action over Austria, 10 September 1944. Awarded Purple Heart Medal. Service #: O-673901
KIA 10-9-1944 as bombardier of B-24J / #44-41053 / 'Black Mike' / MACR 8262. Target: the Vienna oil refinery, Austria. Hit by flak after bombing. The aircraft was on fire and exploded in mid-air near the target. 8 KIA / 2 POW.
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B-24J Liberator #44-41053, nicknamed "Black Mike." Shot down over Vienna, Austria.
Also Killed In Action were:
2Lt. Norman O Overholt, Pilot, ND
2Lt. William B Robinson, Bombardier, Omaha, NE
Sgt. William T Ennis, Jr, Flight Engineer, Dry Beach, GA
Sgt. Frederick C Gebhardt, Gunner, Elizabeth, NJ
Sgt. Durrant D Sprague, Armorer-Gunner, Flint, MI
Sgt. Michael Zeman, Gunner, Little Falls, NY
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Entered the service from Iowa.
KIA 10-9-1944 as bombardier of B-24J / #44-41053 / 'Black Mike' / MACR 8262. Target: the Vienna oil refinery, Austria. Hit by flak after bombing. The aircraft was on fire and exploded in mid-air near the target. 8 KIA / 2 POW.
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B-24J Liberator #44-41053, nicknamed "Black Mike." Shot down over Vienna, Austria.
Also Killed In Action were:
2Lt. Norman O Overholt, Pilot, ND
2Lt. William B Robinson, Bombardier, Omaha, NE
Sgt. William T Ennis, Jr, Flight Engineer, Dry Beach, GA
Sgt. Frederick C Gebhardt, Gunner, Elizabeth, NJ
Sgt. Durrant D Sprague, Armorer-Gunner, Flint, MI
Sgt. Michael Zeman, Gunner, Little Falls, NY
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Entered the service from Iowa.
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