Pilot
"Sly Fox"
B-17 Flying Fortress
418th Squadron
The 100th Bombardment Group
United States Army Air Forces
Target Berlin: Mission 250
B-17 pilot 2nd Lieutenant Zeb Kendall was shot down at noon on March 6, 1944 in the great air battle at Haseluenne (Haselünne), Lower Saxony, Germany while on America's first large-scale daylight mission to bomb Hitler's Berlin. In this crew there were no survivors. It is believed they were on either their first or second mission.
Witness Sam Barrick states that he glanced up to the high squadron and watched Lt. Zeb Kendall's, 230278 Sly Fox disappear in a large ball of fire and smoke. There were no survivors, just four engines trailing fire and falling debris. The official report reads: "Aircraft '278' was not seen after the first enemy fighter attacks at 1200 hrs". Kendall, Loughran, Gowen, Thorpe, Hickman, Tutor, Aguila, Bridges, Aven, Stoffregen, all gone in the blink of an eye! A suggested crash site is Gross Mimmelage, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Crew Members Killed in Action
2ND LT Zeb Kendall, Pilot
2ND LT Edwin J. Loughran, Co-pilot
2ND LT William R. Thorpe, Navigator
2ND LT Clifford L. Gowen, Bombardier
S/SGT Leman E. Tutor, Radio Operator
S/SGT Melvin A. Hickman, Engineer Top Turret Gunner
SGT Reginaldo Aguila, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Matthew C. Aven, Right Waist Gunner
SGT Raymond L. Bridges Waist Gunner
SGT Victor Stoffregen, Tail Gunner
The concentrated attacks by the Luftwaffe (Nazi Air Force) would destroy sixty-nine American bombers and eleven escort fighters that day.
"Sly Fox"
B-17 Flying Fortress
418th Squadron
The 100th Bombardment Group
United States Army Air Forces
Target Berlin: Mission 250
B-17 pilot 2nd Lieutenant Zeb Kendall was shot down at noon on March 6, 1944 in the great air battle at Haseluenne (Haselünne), Lower Saxony, Germany while on America's first large-scale daylight mission to bomb Hitler's Berlin. In this crew there were no survivors. It is believed they were on either their first or second mission.
Witness Sam Barrick states that he glanced up to the high squadron and watched Lt. Zeb Kendall's, 230278 Sly Fox disappear in a large ball of fire and smoke. There were no survivors, just four engines trailing fire and falling debris. The official report reads: "Aircraft '278' was not seen after the first enemy fighter attacks at 1200 hrs". Kendall, Loughran, Gowen, Thorpe, Hickman, Tutor, Aguila, Bridges, Aven, Stoffregen, all gone in the blink of an eye! A suggested crash site is Gross Mimmelage, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Crew Members Killed in Action
2ND LT Zeb Kendall, Pilot
2ND LT Edwin J. Loughran, Co-pilot
2ND LT William R. Thorpe, Navigator
2ND LT Clifford L. Gowen, Bombardier
S/SGT Leman E. Tutor, Radio Operator
S/SGT Melvin A. Hickman, Engineer Top Turret Gunner
SGT Reginaldo Aguila, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Matthew C. Aven, Right Waist Gunner
SGT Raymond L. Bridges Waist Gunner
SGT Victor Stoffregen, Tail Gunner
The concentrated attacks by the Luftwaffe (Nazi Air Force) would destroy sixty-nine American bombers and eleven escort fighters that day.
Pilot
"Sly Fox"
B-17 Flying Fortress
418th Squadron
The 100th Bombardment Group
United States Army Air Forces
Target Berlin: Mission 250
B-17 pilot 2nd Lieutenant Zeb Kendall was shot down at noon on March 6, 1944 in the great air battle at Haseluenne (Haselünne), Lower Saxony, Germany while on America's first large-scale daylight mission to bomb Hitler's Berlin. In this crew there were no survivors. It is believed they were on either their first or second mission.
Witness Sam Barrick states that he glanced up to the high squadron and watched Lt. Zeb Kendall's, 230278 Sly Fox disappear in a large ball of fire and smoke. There were no survivors, just four engines trailing fire and falling debris. The official report reads: "Aircraft '278' was not seen after the first enemy fighter attacks at 1200 hrs". Kendall, Loughran, Gowen, Thorpe, Hickman, Tutor, Aguila, Bridges, Aven, Stoffregen, all gone in the blink of an eye! A suggested crash site is Gross Mimmelage, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Crew Members Killed in Action
2ND LT Zeb Kendall, Pilot
2ND LT Edwin J. Loughran, Co-pilot
2ND LT William R. Thorpe, Navigator
2ND LT Clifford L. Gowen, Bombardier
S/SGT Leman E. Tutor, Radio Operator
S/SGT Melvin A. Hickman, Engineer Top Turret Gunner
SGT Reginaldo Aguila, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Matthew C. Aven, Right Waist Gunner
SGT Raymond L. Bridges Waist Gunner
SGT Victor Stoffregen, Tail Gunner
The concentrated attacks by the Luftwaffe (Nazi Air Force) would destroy sixty-nine American bombers and eleven escort fighters that day.
"Sly Fox"
B-17 Flying Fortress
418th Squadron
The 100th Bombardment Group
United States Army Air Forces
Target Berlin: Mission 250
B-17 pilot 2nd Lieutenant Zeb Kendall was shot down at noon on March 6, 1944 in the great air battle at Haseluenne (Haselünne), Lower Saxony, Germany while on America's first large-scale daylight mission to bomb Hitler's Berlin. In this crew there were no survivors. It is believed they were on either their first or second mission.
Witness Sam Barrick states that he glanced up to the high squadron and watched Lt. Zeb Kendall's, 230278 Sly Fox disappear in a large ball of fire and smoke. There were no survivors, just four engines trailing fire and falling debris. The official report reads: "Aircraft '278' was not seen after the first enemy fighter attacks at 1200 hrs". Kendall, Loughran, Gowen, Thorpe, Hickman, Tutor, Aguila, Bridges, Aven, Stoffregen, all gone in the blink of an eye! A suggested crash site is Gross Mimmelage, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Crew Members Killed in Action
2ND LT Zeb Kendall, Pilot
2ND LT Edwin J. Loughran, Co-pilot
2ND LT William R. Thorpe, Navigator
2ND LT Clifford L. Gowen, Bombardier
S/SGT Leman E. Tutor, Radio Operator
S/SGT Melvin A. Hickman, Engineer Top Turret Gunner
SGT Reginaldo Aguila, Ball Turret Gunner
SGT Matthew C. Aven, Right Waist Gunner
SGT Raymond L. Bridges Waist Gunner
SGT Victor Stoffregen, Tail Gunner
The concentrated attacks by the Luftwaffe (Nazi Air Force) would destroy sixty-nine American bombers and eleven escort fighters that day.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
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