USAAF
5th AF
374th TCG
33rd TCS
Pilot S/Sgt Marvin L Brandt, 16027948 (KIA buried Manila)
Co-Pilot S/Sgt Quentin C Reucker
Crew Chief Sgt Joseph G Baltascavage, 7021199 (KIA buried Manila)
Radio PFC Hugh M Bryan
Crashed November 26, 1942
Aircraft History
Constructors Number 4734. Assigned call number VH-CCZ.
Mission History
Shot down by Japanese fighters near Dobodura with the loss of all four crew members. Also lost is C-47 "Swamp Rat" 41-38601.
Daneil Leahy adds:
"Bryan and Reucker's details cannot be confirmed via ABMC."
References
WWII Pacific Air Transport History List, Volume 1, page 350 lists this C-47 being shot down the 11/25/42, ABMC lists the crew as KIA on 11/26/42.
C-47
