USAAF
5th AF
43rd BG
403 BS
1943
October 11, 1943
Pilot Captain Hughie R. "Slim" Bonner, O-789366 (Coffeeville, MS)
Crew 2nd Lt Royal R. Baumgartner, O-532939 (Philidelphia, PA)
Crew 2nd Lt Angelo J.
Lavalle, O-669332 (Jamestown, NY)
Crew SSgt Ross D. Burd, 17038346 (Elk Horn, IA)
Crew SSgt Coleman P. Bulter, Jr., 17020670 (Kansas City, KS)
Crew TSgt Michael P. Elphingstone, 18064900 (Dallas, TX)
Crew SSgt Elbert L. Hutto, 18061874 (Goose Creek, TX)
Crew SSgt Robert P. Moeller, 17038163 (Walthill, NE)
Crew SSgt Lloyd R.
Tamblingson, 36276498 (Milwakee, WI)
Crew 2nd Lt. Edward B. Tucker, O-804901 (College Park, GA)
Crashed October 13, 1943
MACR 1808
Mission History
Took off for a strike on Rabaul This aircraft was last seen entering a weather front 40 miles off Kiriwina. It crashed on reef in the Amphlett Island Group, all were killed in the crash.
Wreckage
Rod Pearce adds:
"The wreckage of this B-24 is still there today."
Relatives
Barb Maslonka (niece of Robert Moeller) from Walthill NE
Yseldah Applegate (niece Hughie Bonner) from Yobolusha, Mississippi
References
Thanks to Herb Christianson for additional information
B-24
