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B-24 WWII Crew

Army Air Corps B-24 crew members who shared time and memories with my Dad, 2nd Lt Clarence B. Rich. They first became a family in Texas where they were assigned as a crew of a B-24-J. They flew from Texas to Mass. for deployment to Welding, England. In England they were part of the 577th Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, Army Air Corps and flew 12 successful bombing missions including the D-Day Invasion. On their 13th mission June 23, 1944, flying Lead Plane ( With extra men in the crew),"the aircraft took a direct hit by flak in #3 engine and bomb bay, at the target. The plane immediately went into a dive, then pulled up slightly, rolled over and went out of control. They were shot down over enemy occupied, Laon, France. (5) chutes seen." Of the 11 crew 5 were killed, 5 were captured, and C.B. evaded captured and spent 70 days behind enemy lines working his way to the American Lines. For an intense time they were "family", some of those relationships lasted the rest of their lives. MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #06215 AIRCRAFT: #42-95027 (NO NICKNAME) "B-PIus" 17th MissionAIRCREW: WHITTEMORE (CA: GRAPER) * SQUADRON: 577thCREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:P (C) CAPT Graper, Melvin H. KIA P 1/LT Whittemore, Warren T. POW CP 2/LT Ackerman, James M. POW N 2/LT Rich, Clarence B. EVD B 2/LT Issenberg, Milton POW NG/N 2/LT Birnbaum, Standford I. KIA R/O S/S Ammon, Robert H. KIA EnG T/S Peterson, Carl L. KIA WG S/S Altemus, Charles V. POW WG S/S Lampe, Maurice POW TG S/S Tremlett, Robert S. KIA more information can be found at www.b24.net

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2LT James Merrill Ackerman Jr.

18 Sep 1919 – 17 Jan 2005

Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 10 Site 178

SSGT Robert Henon Ammon

1 Jan 1920 – 23 Jun 1944

Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA

Plot info: Section G, Site 4527

2LT Stanford I Birnbaum

1 May 1924 – 23 Jun 1944

Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA

Plot info: G, 0, 4527

SSGT Robert E Farrar

3 Jul 1922 – 8 Sep 1944

Conway, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: 13th row north sec

Capt Melvin Henry Graper

16 Mar 1917 – 8 Jul 1944

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot info: Section 11, Site 763-NH

Capt Melvin Henry “Mick” Graper

16 Mar 1917 – 8 Jul 1944

Reims, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Plot info: 56 2 16

No grave photo

SSGT Elmer Curtis Hardy

9 Jan 1923 – 23 Jun 1944

Liesse-Notre-Dame, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France

Plot info: # 43

Otto Emil Stockton Holder

8 Feb 1920 – 2 Oct 1982

Scott City, Scott County, Missouri, USA

SSGT Clare Wilkes Hultengren

6 Jun 1922 – 12 Aug 1944

Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA

Plot info: Section C-25 Site 14268

Milton Issenberg

18 Apr 1920 – 17 Jan 2007

Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Sec. TAS-4, Row I

No grave photo

TSGT Joseph Stoughton Knight

28 Aug 1921 – 23 Jun 1944

Liesse-Notre-Dame, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France

Plot info: # 44

TSGT Maurice Henry Lampe

7 Apr 1919 – 11 Jul 1993

Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA

Plot info: J-0978

TSGT Carl Leroy Peterson

13 Aug 1923 – 23 Jun 1944

San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA

Plot info: Eugenia Place

Clarence Barron “C.B.” Rich

6 Mar 1919 – 12 Oct 1996

Columbus, Stillwater County, Montana, USA

SSGT Robert Sayer Tremlett

3 Oct 1919 – 23 Jun 1944

Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA

Plot info: Section P

SSGT Robert Sayer Tremlett

3 Oct 1919 – 23 Jun 1944

Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA

Plot info: G, 0, 4527

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