The story
At the date of 11-01-1944, time: 1400, the aircraft type B-17 has been lost. The location of the plane was found at: Raalte (Nieuw Heten). The unit of crew and plane is: 306BG/367BS. First flyer rank: 1st Lieutenant, name: G. Campert. The plane belonged to the Allied forces.
306th BG - 40 CBW - Triangle 'H' - 367th BS - GY - 1st Div - 8th Air Force
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Crew: Boeing B-17G-10-BO Fortress c/n 6349 - #42-31236 GY-F - 11 Jan 1944 - Mission: Halberstadt - MACR #1933
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19045396 - 0-736471 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - George (nmi) Campert - Windham County, CT - KIA
12073995 - O-748580 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Gerald C. Coots - Erie County, NY - DED
33097411 - 0-735180 - 1st Lt. - Navigator - John Leo Dougherty - Washington, DC - KIA
20607246 - O-676604 - 1st Lt. - Bombardier - Joseph A. Sparks - Cook County, IL - DED
13007289 - T/Sgt. - Aerial Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Patrick F. Murray - Mayfield, Lackawanna County, PA - DED
36426127 - T/Sgt. - Radio Operator - Cyril E. Lebert - St Clair County, IL - KIA
12154095 - S/Sgt. - Aerial Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner - Adolf (nmi) Graubart - New York County, NY - KIA
39256008 - S/Sgt. - Aerial Gunner / Right Waist Gunner - Welton P. Teston - Los Angeles, CA - KIA
32490273 - S/Sgt. - Aerial Gunner / Left Waist Gunner - Perley E. Colburn - St. Lawrence Co., NY - KIA
15337139 - S/Sgt. - Aerial Gunner / Tail Gunner - Kneeland H. Hudson - Lawrence Co, OH - KIA
George (nmi) Campert
Gerald C. Coots
John Leo Dougherty
Joseph A. Sparks
Patrick F. Murray
Cyril E. Lebert
Adolf (nmi) Graubart
Welton P. Teston
Perley E. Colburn
Kneeland H. Hudson
Thanks to PATS (see source link for more info)
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