Technical Sergeant, 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group, World War II.
Killed in Action over Germany aboard B-24J Liberator #42-51530, nicknamed "Idiot's Delight."
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission to Hanover and crashing 5 km east of Annaturm on the Deister/Springe road, west of Bredenbeck, Germany.
Five crewmembers were Killed In Action and five were taken as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 10767.
The Crewmembers KIA:
CAPT Wayne Edward Stewart, O-811152, UT, Pilot
1LT Woodrow G Johnson, O-702443, MI, Navigator
1LT William L Reese, O-703016, OH, Bombardier-Nose Gunner
TSGT Laverne G Anderson, 17154654, MN, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
SSGT George H Corona, 39182650, CA, Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, October 29, 1942.
Technical Sergeant, 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group, World War II.
Killed in Action over Germany aboard B-24J Liberator #42-51530, nicknamed "Idiot's Delight."
Shot down by enemy fighters on mission to Hanover and crashing 5 km east of Annaturm on the Deister/Springe road, west of Bredenbeck, Germany.
Five crewmembers were Killed In Action and five were taken as POWs. Missing Air Crew Report № 10767.
The Crewmembers KIA:
CAPT Wayne Edward Stewart, O-811152, UT, Pilot
1LT Woodrow G Johnson, O-702443, MI, Navigator
1LT William L Reese, O-703016, OH, Bombardier-Nose Gunner
TSGT Laverne G Anderson, 17154654, MN, Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner
SSGT George H Corona, 39182650, CA, Waist Gunner
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Enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, October 29, 1942.
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