 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
VAGABOND KING |
B |
- |
24 |
D |
- |
95 |
- |
CO |
42-40787 |
8 |
389 |
565 |
~ |
V |
00-1 |
N/A |
Survived Operation TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti
Romania
Lost 18 Nov 43, NOR - MACR
2885 - Pilot John B. McCormick
Contributor - Brendan Wood
Info Contributor - Chris
Gregg
Primary Pilot(s): Lt. Doyle Hicks, Lt. John McCormick
Arrived overseas 21 Jun 43 and flew first mission on 9 Jul 43. Flew Ploesti mission on
1 Aug 43 and flew a total
of 21 combat missions for the 389th Bomb Group.
Shot down over the North Sea by German fighters 18 Nov 43 on a mission to Oslo, Norway with entire crew
KIA.
Info Contributor - D.
McCoy
The crew when it went down in the North Sea. (*Not in picture)
| McCormick, John B. - Capt. Mendelsohn, Marvin R. - 1st LT. Mosco, Marvin - 1st LT. Raines, Lewis H. - S/SGT. |
Murphy, Gerald E. - S/SGT. Budai, William J. - S/SGT. Rossi, Alfred B. - SGT. |
*Chelini, Enrico - 2nd LT. *Tourison, Charles W. - 2nd LT. - Co-Pilot *Turnipseed, Donald E. - T/SGT. *Scott, Kenneth R. - S/SGT. |
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