Sergeant Cusick was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24660 over Pacific Ocean returning from mission to Nagoya, Japan.
All eleven crew were killed in action. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron.
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. UNDERWENT B-29 AIRCRAFT TRANSITION AND COMBAT CREW TRAINING AT WALKER ARMY AIR FIELD NEAR VICTORIA, KANSAS. DEPLOYED TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO 20TH AIR FORCE, XXI BOMBER COMMAND, 73RD BOMB WING, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 883RD BOMB SQUADRON STATIONED AT ISLEY FIELD ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ON 3 JANUARY 1945, HE FLEW AS THE RADAR OPERATOR ABOARD A BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS, NICKNAMED 'MILLION DOLLAR BABY' (SERIAL # 42-24660) TAIL CODE: Z-SQUARE-48. IT WAS ONE OF 97 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED IN A MULTI-GROUP FORMATION TO BOMBARD THE PORT FACILITIES AND URBAN AREAS OF NAGOYA, JAPAN. FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY WAS MEAGER, AND ENEMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS WERE DESCRIBED AS MODERATE, WITH 346 PASSES REPORTED. AFTER BOMBS AWAY, HIS AIRCRAFT WAS ATTACKED BY A FIGHTER PLANE AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO DITCH IN ROUGH SEAS ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF TORISHIMA (BIRD ISLAND). SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS SPOTTED LIFE RAFTS NEAR TORISHIMA, AND GUIDED A U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE LOCATION, BUT WERE UNABLE TO AFFECT A RESCUE.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website.)
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All eleven crew were killed in action. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron.
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. UNDERWENT B-29 AIRCRAFT TRANSITION AND COMBAT CREW TRAINING AT WALKER ARMY AIR FIELD NEAR VICTORIA, KANSAS. DEPLOYED TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO 20TH AIR FORCE, XXI BOMBER COMMAND, 73RD BOMB WING, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 883RD BOMB SQUADRON STATIONED AT ISLEY FIELD ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ON 3 JANUARY 1945, HE FLEW AS THE RADAR OPERATOR ABOARD A BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS, NICKNAMED 'MILLION DOLLAR BABY' (SERIAL # 42-24660) TAIL CODE: Z-SQUARE-48. IT WAS ONE OF 97 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED IN A MULTI-GROUP FORMATION TO BOMBARD THE PORT FACILITIES AND URBAN AREAS OF NAGOYA, JAPAN. FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY WAS MEAGER, AND ENEMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS WERE DESCRIBED AS MODERATE, WITH 346 PASSES REPORTED. AFTER BOMBS AWAY, HIS AIRCRAFT WAS ATTACKED BY A FIGHTER PLANE AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO DITCH IN ROUGH SEAS ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF TORISHIMA (BIRD ISLAND). SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS SPOTTED LIFE RAFTS NEAR TORISHIMA, AND GUIDED A U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE LOCATION, BUT WERE UNABLE TO AFFECT A RESCUE.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website.)
World War II Memorial
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Sergeant Cusick was lost aboard U.S. Army Air Corps B-29-40-BW Superfortress #42-24660 over Pacific Ocean returning from mission to Nagoya, Japan.
All eleven crew were killed in action. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron.
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. UNDERWENT B-29 AIRCRAFT TRANSITION AND COMBAT CREW TRAINING AT WALKER ARMY AIR FIELD NEAR VICTORIA, KANSAS. DEPLOYED TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO 20TH AIR FORCE, XXI BOMBER COMMAND, 73RD BOMB WING, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 883RD BOMB SQUADRON STATIONED AT ISLEY FIELD ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ON 3 JANUARY 1945, HE FLEW AS THE RADAR OPERATOR ABOARD A BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS, NICKNAMED 'MILLION DOLLAR BABY' (SERIAL # 42-24660) TAIL CODE: Z-SQUARE-48. IT WAS ONE OF 97 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED IN A MULTI-GROUP FORMATION TO BOMBARD THE PORT FACILITIES AND URBAN AREAS OF NAGOYA, JAPAN. FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY WAS MEAGER, AND ENEMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS WERE DESCRIBED AS MODERATE, WITH 346 PASSES REPORTED. AFTER BOMBS AWAY, HIS AIRCRAFT WAS ATTACKED BY A FIGHTER PLANE AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO DITCH IN ROUGH SEAS ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF TORISHIMA (BIRD ISLAND). SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS SPOTTED LIFE RAFTS NEAR TORISHIMA, AND GUIDED A U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE LOCATION, BUT WERE UNABLE TO AFFECT A RESCUE.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website.)
World War II Memorial
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All eleven crew were killed in action. With the 500th Bomb Group, 883rd Bomb Squadron.
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON 9 NOVEMBER 1942 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. UNDERWENT B-29 AIRCRAFT TRANSITION AND COMBAT CREW TRAINING AT WALKER ARMY AIR FIELD NEAR VICTORIA, KANSAS. DEPLOYED TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO 20TH AIR FORCE, XXI BOMBER COMMAND, 73RD BOMB WING, 500TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 883RD BOMB SQUADRON STATIONED AT ISLEY FIELD ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. ON 3 JANUARY 1945, HE FLEW AS THE RADAR OPERATOR ABOARD A BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS, NICKNAMED 'MILLION DOLLAR BABY' (SERIAL # 42-24660) TAIL CODE: Z-SQUARE-48. IT WAS ONE OF 97 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED IN A MULTI-GROUP FORMATION TO BOMBARD THE PORT FACILITIES AND URBAN AREAS OF NAGOYA, JAPAN. FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY WAS MEAGER, AND ENEMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS WERE DESCRIBED AS MODERATE, WITH 346 PASSES REPORTED. AFTER BOMBS AWAY, HIS AIRCRAFT WAS ATTACKED BY A FIGHTER PLANE AND SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO DITCH IN ROUGH SEAS ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE VOLCANIC ISLAND OF TORISHIMA (BIRD ISLAND). SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS SPOTTED LIFE RAFTS NEAR TORISHIMA, AND GUIDED A U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE TO WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE LOCATION, BUT WERE UNABLE TO AFFECT A RESCUE.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website.)
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