On 2 Dec 1944, Aircraft: #42-50323 "Heaven Can Wait" participated in the bomb mission over Bingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The crew consisted of:
2nd/Lt. Edward J. Cieply Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Lee M. Brooks Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Otto J. Griesar Navigator KIA
S/Sgt. Leslie F. Cannon Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. George W. Cade Jr. Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Levan I. Bogardus Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Arthur G. Montez Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William D. Kinsinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence F. Huston Gunner KIA
The 577th, after dropping their bombs on the Bingen Target, were attacked by an estimated 50 FW-109 fighters between Bingen and Bad Kreuznach. Brooks' wife was recorded as Josephine K. Brooks of Bedrock, Arizona (Missing Aircrew Report #11138).
A German Report accounted for the Cieply crew loss in stating that the plane had exploded while airborne. The pieces of the destroyed ship were scattered over a 3 kilometer area near the village of Stipshausen, 5 kilometers southwest of Rhaunen, and 18 kilometers north of Idar-Oberstein. All 9 members of the aircrew were positively identified by the Germans at the crash site and none apparently ever had the opportunity to bail out before the plane exploded. The German Report noted a few pieces of the plane's wreckage which identified it as the Cieply ship; a yellow letter "D" and number "323" found on a piece of the fuselage nose section, as only one of the two items discovered. The German report indicated all members were interred in the village cemetery at Rhaunen on 12 December 1944 (German Report #KU3468). No re-interment data for Edward Cieply or Lee Brooks was recorded.
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2nd/Lt. Edward J. Cieply Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Lee M. Brooks Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Otto J. Griesar Navigator KIA
S/Sgt. Leslie F. Cannon Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. George W. Cade Jr. Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Levan I. Bogardus Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Arthur G. Montez Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William D. Kinsinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence F. Huston Gunner KIA
The 577th, after dropping their bombs on the Bingen Target, were attacked by an estimated 50 FW-109 fighters between Bingen and Bad Kreuznach. Brooks' wife was recorded as Josephine K. Brooks of Bedrock, Arizona (Missing Aircrew Report #11138).
A German Report accounted for the Cieply crew loss in stating that the plane had exploded while airborne. The pieces of the destroyed ship were scattered over a 3 kilometer area near the village of Stipshausen, 5 kilometers southwest of Rhaunen, and 18 kilometers north of Idar-Oberstein. All 9 members of the aircrew were positively identified by the Germans at the crash site and none apparently ever had the opportunity to bail out before the plane exploded. The German Report noted a few pieces of the plane's wreckage which identified it as the Cieply ship; a yellow letter "D" and number "323" found on a piece of the fuselage nose section, as only one of the two items discovered. The German report indicated all members were interred in the village cemetery at Rhaunen on 12 December 1944 (German Report #KU3468). No re-interment data for Edward Cieply or Lee Brooks was recorded.
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On 2 Dec 1944, Aircraft: #42-50323 "Heaven Can Wait" participated in the bomb mission over Bingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The crew consisted of:
2nd/Lt. Edward J. Cieply Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Lee M. Brooks Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Otto J. Griesar Navigator KIA
S/Sgt. Leslie F. Cannon Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. George W. Cade Jr. Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Levan I. Bogardus Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Arthur G. Montez Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William D. Kinsinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence F. Huston Gunner KIA
The 577th, after dropping their bombs on the Bingen Target, were attacked by an estimated 50 FW-109 fighters between Bingen and Bad Kreuznach. Brooks' wife was recorded as Josephine K. Brooks of Bedrock, Arizona (Missing Aircrew Report #11138).
A German Report accounted for the Cieply crew loss in stating that the plane had exploded while airborne. The pieces of the destroyed ship were scattered over a 3 kilometer area near the village of Stipshausen, 5 kilometers southwest of Rhaunen, and 18 kilometers north of Idar-Oberstein. All 9 members of the aircrew were positively identified by the Germans at the crash site and none apparently ever had the opportunity to bail out before the plane exploded. The German Report noted a few pieces of the plane's wreckage which identified it as the Cieply ship; a yellow letter "D" and number "323" found on a piece of the fuselage nose section, as only one of the two items discovered. The German report indicated all members were interred in the village cemetery at Rhaunen on 12 December 1944 (German Report #KU3468). No re-interment data for Edward Cieply or Lee Brooks was recorded.
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2nd/Lt. Edward J. Cieply Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Lee M. Brooks Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Otto J. Griesar Navigator KIA
S/Sgt. Leslie F. Cannon Engineer KIA
T/Sgt. George W. Cade Jr. Radio Op. KIA
S/Sgt. Levan I. Bogardus Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Arthur G. Montez Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William D. Kinsinger Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Clarence F. Huston Gunner KIA
The 577th, after dropping their bombs on the Bingen Target, were attacked by an estimated 50 FW-109 fighters between Bingen and Bad Kreuznach. Brooks' wife was recorded as Josephine K. Brooks of Bedrock, Arizona (Missing Aircrew Report #11138).
A German Report accounted for the Cieply crew loss in stating that the plane had exploded while airborne. The pieces of the destroyed ship were scattered over a 3 kilometer area near the village of Stipshausen, 5 kilometers southwest of Rhaunen, and 18 kilometers north of Idar-Oberstein. All 9 members of the aircrew were positively identified by the Germans at the crash site and none apparently ever had the opportunity to bail out before the plane exploded. The German Report noted a few pieces of the plane's wreckage which identified it as the Cieply ship; a yellow letter "D" and number "323" found on a piece of the fuselage nose section, as only one of the two items discovered. The German report indicated all members were interred in the village cemetery at Rhaunen on 12 December 1944 (German Report #KU3468). No re-interment data for Edward Cieply or Lee Brooks was recorded.
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