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2 KIA
Earl L. Sell, radio operator, ASN 13080370, from 350 beach street, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Killed on July 4, 1943 above Saint-Colomban, interred at a private cemetery in Pennsylvania.
 Bernard C. McKnight, right waist gunner, ASN 17032523, from 7142 Benelett street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Born on July 3, 1916. Killed on July 4, 1943 above Saint-Colomban, aged 27 years, interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Ft. Myer, Virginia (grave 2029 section 34)
 Read newspaper clipping
6 POW
 William F. Mooney, tail gunner, ASN 10600115, from 8149 Eberhart Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Born on September 27, 1918. POW at Stalag 17B. In 1949 he joined a major newspaper, the Chicago Daily News, as an investigative and political reporter...Dead on May 21, 1985
Read the biography of W. Mooney
 William O. Hulett, left waist gunner, ASN 17032523, from Swifton, Jackson, Arkansas, born on November 4, 1920. POW. It was his 25th mission and he wanted to complete it before coming back to the United States. Then he was the youngest County Judge in the state of Arkansas... Dead on March 17, 1998
Read the biography of W. Hulett
Peter Hnatuick, ball turret, ASN 13052256, from 270 S Laurel street, Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Born on November 28, 1918. POW. We got a contact in 2004 with his daughter Debi Hnatuick Kowalczyk, living in Hazleton, and his nevew, Mike Hnatuick, living in Nevada. Hnatuick family were from Russia and came to the USA after the start of the Russian revolution in 1917. Dead on June 1, 2000.
Charles T. Cockrell, CoPilot ASN T-86, from 1020 Morningaide Drive, Forth Worth, Tarrant, Texas. Born on April 11, 1920. POW. Last known address in 1995 : 210 brook court, Niceville Florida 32578-3911.
Charles E. Allen, bombardier ASN 0-734774, from Nitta Yuma, Sharkey Mississipi POW
Doya C. Garrett, top turret ASN 34352224, from 1140 steet Northwest, Thomaston, Upson Georgia Born on 1913. POW. Dead on April 1962 in Upson (Georgia).
2 EV
 William C. Wetzel, pilot, ASN 0-683974, from 926 W. Morton Street, Denison, Texas, D.C. Born on April 26, 1916. EV. His address in 1946 was : Borden Avenue, Galveston, Texas...Dead on May 26, 1982 (Texas).
Read W. Wetzel escape story
 Ralph McKee, navigator ASN 0-729637, from rural delivery southard, Blaine, Oklahoma. Born on September 19, 1921. He has performed a number of engineering assignments supporting the Apollo and Shuttle programs at the Kennedy Space
Center. Dead on February 4, 2012 in Florida.
Read R. McKee escape story
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| "Rigor Mortis" crew with William Mooney and Bernard McKnight |
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| "Adams" crew with Ralph McKee and William Hulett |
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MISSING AIRCREW REPORT (MIA)
Washington, 7 June 1945
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Location : England
Air Force : 8th AF
Group : 305 Bomb Gp (H)
Squadron : 366 Bomb Sq
Place of departure : Chelveston, England
Target : Nantes, France
Type of Mission : Heavy Bomb
Day : 4 July, 1943
Location : near Nantes, Fr.
Aircraft : type, Model : B-17F
AAF Serial Number : 42-5053
Engines : R-1820-97
Number of oersons aboard : 10
2 KIA
2 EV
6 POW
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