Mission
Photos
October 1944
October
6: Harburg
The
Germans claimed they were good at following orders, but they didn't obey the
warning on this gas tank booster pump coverplate. This was one of over 80
flak holes in 1/Lt Lloyd Furthmyer's B-24 after this mission.
October
19: Mainz
The
crew of "Slightly Dangerously" which crashed near Wiesbaden, Germany
Standing: Sgt Hoover Baucom, KIA; Sgt Benjamin Ringo, POW; Sgt Roy Glover, POW; Sgt Wallace Maxson, POW; Sgt George Green, POW
Kneeling:
1/Lt Martin Mullane, KIA; 1/Lt Norman Marshank, POW; 1/Lt Louis Kieffer, POW;
1/Lt Joseph Miller, not on this mission but killed in a B-24 crash at Birkdale,
October 25, 1944; Sgt William Perry, KIA
Not in photo:
Cpt Ralph Dougherty, POW
Captain
Ralph Dougherty subbed for another crew member on "Slightly Dangerously"
when they were shot down. He was taken prisoner.
POW
ID card issued to 1/Lt Norman Marshank of "Slightly Dangerously"
October
25: Neumunster
4
lucky crewmen from "Naughty Nan" who flew their last mission on
this day. Going home are: 1/Lt William Davenport, 1/Lt Haywood Nichols, 1/Lt
James Pickett, and 2/Lt Mark Jacoby. Lt Davenport would later serve as President
of the 446th Bomb Group Association and now serves as the group's official
historian.
Not
really a mission photo, this is a newspaper story of a B-24 crash near Birkdale.
The plane was carrying passengers to a rest home; 5 crewmen were killed.
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