Co-Pilot of B-17G, Ol' Swayback
Killed In Action over Germany. Pilot Merrill O Burton, Co-pilot: Dave Bredeson, Flight Engineer/top turret gunner: John T Eylens, Ball turret gunner: Ralph J Powell (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Alvin Berry Wounded in Action, tog-Sgt Bob Hammond Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: Jim Marbry, Waist gunner: Vic Pillotmia,Tail gunner: Bob Hittel (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attacked and set wing afire between engines #3 and #4, ship exploded before all could bailout, crashed between Werderhausen and Piethen, 17 miles SW of Dessau, Germany.
Killed In Action over Germany. Pilot Merrill O Burton, Co-pilot: Dave Bredeson, Flight Engineer/top turret gunner: John T Eylens, Ball turret gunner: Ralph J Powell (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Alvin Berry Wounded in Action, tog-Sgt Bob Hammond Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: Jim Marbry, Waist gunner: Vic Pillotmia,Tail gunner: Bob Hittel (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attacked and set wing afire between engines #3 and #4, ship exploded before all could bailout, crashed between Werderhausen and Piethen, 17 miles SW of Dessau, Germany.
Co-Pilot of B-17G, Ol' Swayback
Killed In Action over Germany. Pilot Merrill O Burton, Co-pilot: Dave Bredeson, Flight Engineer/top turret gunner: John T Eylens, Ball turret gunner: Ralph J Powell (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Alvin Berry Wounded in Action, tog-Sgt Bob Hammond Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: Jim Marbry, Waist gunner: Vic Pillotmia,Tail gunner: Bob Hittel (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attacked and set wing afire between engines #3 and #4, ship exploded before all could bailout, crashed between Werderhausen and Piethen, 17 miles SW of Dessau, Germany.
Killed In Action over Germany. Pilot Merrill O Burton, Co-pilot: Dave Bredeson, Flight Engineer/top turret gunner: John T Eylens, Ball turret gunner: Ralph J Powell (4 Killed in Action); Navigator: Alvin Berry Wounded in Action, tog-Sgt Bob Hammond Wounded in Action, Radio Operator: Jim Marbry, Waist gunner: Vic Pillotmia,Tail gunner: Bob Hittel (5 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft attacked and set wing afire between engines #3 and #4, ship exploded before all could bailout, crashed between Werderhausen and Piethen, 17 miles SW of Dessau, Germany.
Inscription
2LT, 533 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II
Family Members
Parents
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
