Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Delmar R. Wilcox KIA
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Squadron: 579th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service # O-679426
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart MIA/KIA
Target: NoBall-Watten, France #Al
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: #02531
Date Lost: 2-Feb-44
Serial Number: #42-7570
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:"A-Bar"
Aircraft Name: "OUR BABY" 9th Mission
Location:Suspected of having to ditch in the English Channel.
Cause: Unknown Crew of 9 7MIA/KIA 2KIA
A late forwarding of the Field Order again caused the unit some early morning briefing problems. Aircrews were finally briefed between 0700-0800 hours and twenty-seven (27) B-24s took off starting at 1100 hours with the 578th assigned lead and Lt. Joachim, lead Bombardier. Assembly was made on a PFF ship along with other 14th Combat Wing Groups all of whom were committed to this one target. One Liberator from the 579th was lost, aircraft #570 with 2nd Lieutenant J. M. Stewart's crew, with all members MIA due to reasons unknown.
MISSION LOSS CIRCUMSTANCES: The only report of returning 392nd aircrews on the missing status of this aircraft and crew was that the plane was last seen at the target in France. It is speculated that the aircraft was lost in a ditching emergency on the return leg home inasmuch as all crewmen, except (2), are accounted for as "missing" on the WALL OF THE MISSING at the U.S. National Cemetery overseas at CAMBRIDGE. There are no German reports concerning any facts about any of these crewmembers in the MACR.
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: There are no such reports in this crew's MACR.
BURIAL RECORDS: One crewman is interred in the U.S. National Cemetery at CAMBRIDGE, England: Sands is listed in Grave E-4-24, having been awarded an Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Delmar R Wilcox body is interred Lincoln, NE cemetery.
The "OUR BABY" crew
2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stafford B. Randall Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Bernard J. Wheeler Navigator
2nd/Lt Delmar R. Wilcox Bombardier
T/Sgt. Lorn E. Chapman Engineer
S/Sgt. Donald A. Stricker Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Calvin J. Cobb, Jr
S/Sgt. Ralph D. Sands Gunner
S/Sgt. Felix J. La Bonte Gunner
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Squadron: 579th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service # O-679426
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart MIA/KIA
Target: NoBall-Watten, France #Al
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: #02531
Date Lost: 2-Feb-44
Serial Number: #42-7570
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:"A-Bar"
Aircraft Name: "OUR BABY" 9th Mission
Location:Suspected of having to ditch in the English Channel.
Cause: Unknown Crew of 9 7MIA/KIA 2KIA
A late forwarding of the Field Order again caused the unit some early morning briefing problems. Aircrews were finally briefed between 0700-0800 hours and twenty-seven (27) B-24s took off starting at 1100 hours with the 578th assigned lead and Lt. Joachim, lead Bombardier. Assembly was made on a PFF ship along with other 14th Combat Wing Groups all of whom were committed to this one target. One Liberator from the 579th was lost, aircraft #570 with 2nd Lieutenant J. M. Stewart's crew, with all members MIA due to reasons unknown.
MISSION LOSS CIRCUMSTANCES: The only report of returning 392nd aircrews on the missing status of this aircraft and crew was that the plane was last seen at the target in France. It is speculated that the aircraft was lost in a ditching emergency on the return leg home inasmuch as all crewmen, except (2), are accounted for as "missing" on the WALL OF THE MISSING at the U.S. National Cemetery overseas at CAMBRIDGE. There are no German reports concerning any facts about any of these crewmembers in the MACR.
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: There are no such reports in this crew's MACR.
BURIAL RECORDS: One crewman is interred in the U.S. National Cemetery at CAMBRIDGE, England: Sands is listed in Grave E-4-24, having been awarded an Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Delmar R Wilcox body is interred Lincoln, NE cemetery.
The "OUR BABY" crew
2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stafford B. Randall Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Bernard J. Wheeler Navigator
2nd/Lt Delmar R. Wilcox Bombardier
T/Sgt. Lorn E. Chapman Engineer
S/Sgt. Donald A. Stricker Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Calvin J. Cobb, Jr
S/Sgt. Ralph D. Sands Gunner
S/Sgt. Felix J. La Bonte Gunner
Bombardier 2nd/Lt. Delmar R. Wilcox KIA
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Squadron: 579th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service # O-679426
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart MIA/KIA
Target: NoBall-Watten, France #Al
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: #02531
Date Lost: 2-Feb-44
Serial Number: #42-7570
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:"A-Bar"
Aircraft Name: "OUR BABY" 9th Mission
Location:Suspected of having to ditch in the English Channel.
Cause: Unknown Crew of 9 7MIA/KIA 2KIA
A late forwarding of the Field Order again caused the unit some early morning briefing problems. Aircrews were finally briefed between 0700-0800 hours and twenty-seven (27) B-24s took off starting at 1100 hours with the 578th assigned lead and Lt. Joachim, lead Bombardier. Assembly was made on a PFF ship along with other 14th Combat Wing Groups all of whom were committed to this one target. One Liberator from the 579th was lost, aircraft #570 with 2nd Lieutenant J. M. Stewart's crew, with all members MIA due to reasons unknown.
MISSION LOSS CIRCUMSTANCES: The only report of returning 392nd aircrews on the missing status of this aircraft and crew was that the plane was last seen at the target in France. It is speculated that the aircraft was lost in a ditching emergency on the return leg home inasmuch as all crewmen, except (2), are accounted for as "missing" on the WALL OF THE MISSING at the U.S. National Cemetery overseas at CAMBRIDGE. There are no German reports concerning any facts about any of these crewmembers in the MACR.
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: There are no such reports in this crew's MACR.
BURIAL RECORDS: One crewman is interred in the U.S. National Cemetery at CAMBRIDGE, England: Sands is listed in Grave E-4-24, having been awarded an Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Delmar R Wilcox body is interred Lincoln, NE cemetery.
The "OUR BABY" crew
2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stafford B. Randall Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Bernard J. Wheeler Navigator
2nd/Lt Delmar R. Wilcox Bombardier
T/Sgt. Lorn E. Chapman Engineer
S/Sgt. Donald A. Stricker Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Calvin J. Cobb, Jr
S/Sgt. Ralph D. Sands Gunner
S/Sgt. Felix J. La Bonte Gunner
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Squadron: 579th BS 392th Bomb Group
Service # O-679426
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart MIA/KIA
Target: NoBall-Watten, France #Al
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#: #02531
Date Lost: 2-Feb-44
Serial Number: #42-7570
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:"A-Bar"
Aircraft Name: "OUR BABY" 9th Mission
Location:Suspected of having to ditch in the English Channel.
Cause: Unknown Crew of 9 7MIA/KIA 2KIA
A late forwarding of the Field Order again caused the unit some early morning briefing problems. Aircrews were finally briefed between 0700-0800 hours and twenty-seven (27) B-24s took off starting at 1100 hours with the 578th assigned lead and Lt. Joachim, lead Bombardier. Assembly was made on a PFF ship along with other 14th Combat Wing Groups all of whom were committed to this one target. One Liberator from the 579th was lost, aircraft #570 with 2nd Lieutenant J. M. Stewart's crew, with all members MIA due to reasons unknown.
MISSION LOSS CIRCUMSTANCES: The only report of returning 392nd aircrews on the missing status of this aircraft and crew was that the plane was last seen at the target in France. It is speculated that the aircraft was lost in a ditching emergency on the return leg home inasmuch as all crewmen, except (2), are accounted for as "missing" on the WALL OF THE MISSING at the U.S. National Cemetery overseas at CAMBRIDGE. There are no German reports concerning any facts about any of these crewmembers in the MACR.
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: There are no such reports in this crew's MACR.
BURIAL RECORDS: One crewman is interred in the U.S. National Cemetery at CAMBRIDGE, England: Sands is listed in Grave E-4-24, having been awarded an Air Medal and the Purple Heart. Delmar R Wilcox body is interred Lincoln, NE cemetery.
The "OUR BABY" crew
2nd/Lt. James M. Stewart Pilot
2nd/Lt. Stafford B. Randall Co Pilot
2nd/Lt. Bernard J. Wheeler Navigator
2nd/Lt Delmar R. Wilcox Bombardier
T/Sgt. Lorn E. Chapman Engineer
S/Sgt. Donald A. Stricker Radio Op.
S/Sgt. Calvin J. Cobb, Jr
S/Sgt. Ralph D. Sands Gunner
S/Sgt. Felix J. La Bonte Gunner
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