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Pilot Major Carl G. Wagner, O-474446 (survived, interned) Flushing, NY Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Winfred H. Vaniver, O-672508 (survived, interned) Frisco, TX Navigator 2nd Lt. Benson H. Black, O-676019 (survived, interned) Durham, NC Bombardier SSgt Thomas A. Corbett, 6809139 (survived, interned) Bedford, MA Engineer Cpl Robert L. Daniels, 14072259 (survived, interned) Nashville, TN Radar Sgt Charles L. Waid, 13038751 (survived, interned) Greenville, PA Asst. Radar Cpl Howard C. Fuller, 12049794 (survived, interned) Newark, NJ Gunner SSgt Lawrance E. Mark, 16012309 (survived, interned) Flint, MI Asst. Engineer-Gunner SSgt Joseph P. Kerns, 13006854 (survived, interned) Pottsville, PA Gunner Sgt David L. Carter, 18041073 (survived, interned) Bonham, TX Gunner Sgt Arnold M. O. Saugestad, 19083551 (survived, interned) Minneapolis, MN Gunner Sgt Margarito Vasques, 19021002 (survived, interned) Los Angeles, CA Photographer Sgt Henry C. Everett, Jr., 34134087 (survived, interned) Braxton, MS Crashed September 11, 1943 at 3:15pm MACR 12420 Aircraft History Built by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in San Diego during 1941. Constructors Number 7. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24A-CO Liberator serial number 40-2355. Ferried to Alaska. Wartime History Assigned to the 11th Air Force, 28th Composite Group, 404th Bombardment Squadron. Aircraft Number 21 painted in large digits on both sides of the nose. No known nickname or nose art. When lost, engines R-1830-43 serial numbers 41-15241, 42-59124, 42-40992 and 42-59189. Weapon serial numbers not noted in Missing Air Crew Report 12420 (MACR 12420). Mission History On September 11, 1943 took off from Attu Airfield on Attu Island for a bombing mission against Paramushiru Island. Weather was ceiling and visibility unlimited (CAVU). During the bomber's last radio contact, their position was noted as roughly 100 miles off Shimushu Island headed westward. This B-24 crash landed on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Soviet Union (Russia). The entire crew survived the landing. Fates of the Crew The entire crew was interned by Soviet forces and later returned to duty. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24A-CO Liberator 40-2355 "RAF as AM916. Sold Aug 19, 1946. Salvaged Baledo Bridge, 1952" [sic, this information is incorrect] Missing Air Crew Report 12420 (MACR 12420) was created retroactively circa 1945-1946 List of Americans, British, and French military personnel detained by organs of the Ministry of State Security [B-24D No 02355 Wagner, Wendwer (sic), Black, Daniels, Morks (sic), Kearns (sic), Corbitt (sic), Carter, Vasquez (sic), Sogristed (sic), Fulley (sic), Evrett (sic), Wade (sic)] The Last Flight of Bomber 31 page 2?? Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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