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457th Bomb Group Honor Roll
Mission No. 13 |
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| 457th Bomb Group | 750th Bomb Squadron |
| (457th Home) (Back) Updated 12/03/2000, 19:17:11 |
Mission NarrativeMission No. 13Date - March 16, 1944 Target - Lechfeld - Ditched Eighteen aircraft from the 457th were dispatched to the airdrone at Lechfeld, Germany where experimental aircraft work was taking place. The primary target was overcast so the secondary target at Augsburg, Germany was bombed via PFF. Flak over the target damaged several planes. German fighters attacked the group on the way home over France and one plane s/n 42-97063 was shot down and ditched in the English Channel. Plane s/n 42-97063, named "Miss Yu III," and piloted by Lt Lewis W. Lennartson, was slightly damaged from flak but on the way back to England he was attacked by German fighters and was shot down over the English Channel, the plane ditched and the Air-Sea Rescue picked up all of the crew. The tail gunner was the only one injured - and by flak. |
......... Crew
| Pilot | Lt Lewis W. Lennartson | ||
| Copilot | Lt Everett I. Keesee. Jr. | ||
| Navigator | Lt Marsh Hovey | ||
| Bombardier | Lt Patrick A. Walls | ||
| Aircraft Engineer | Sgt Thomas B. Haag | ||
| Radio Operator | Sgt William T. Graham | ||
| Left Waist Gunner | Sgt Thomas J. Head | ||
| Right Waist Gunner | Sgt James E. Blackwell | ||
| Ball Turret Gunner | Sgt Clyde E. Garnhart | ||
| Tail Gunner | Sgt Omar Fontaine |
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