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Pilot 1st Lt. Joseph R. Littlepage, O-395086 (MIA / KIA) WV Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. George L. Goddard, O-736183 (MIA / KIA) Youngstown, OH Navigator 2nd Lt. James H. Scholl, O-667436 (MIA / KIA) TX Bombardier 2nd Lt. Leonard B. Conway, O-731150 (MIA / KIA) Clark County, WA Engineer TSgt Harold H. Justus, 37146474 (MIA / KIA) SD Asst Engineer SSgt Harold R. Denison, 37124018 (MIA / KIA) SD Radio TSgt Cyril B. Cluff Jr., 39826759 (MIA / KIA) Delta, UT Asst Radio SSgt Clifford H. Muhlhausen, 18050271 (MIA / KIA) Oklahoma County, OK Gunner SSgt William Posledni, 6991563 (MIA / KIA) OH Gunner/Armorer SSgt Thomas R. Brady Jr., 35490823 (MIA / KIA) Vanderburgh County, IN MIA July 6, 1943 at 7:15pm MACR 1486 and 45 Aircraft History Built by Consolidated at San Diego. Constructor Number 888. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24D-15-CO Liberator serial number 41-24093. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field to the South Pacific (SOPAC). Wartime History Assigned to the 13th Air Force, 307th Bombardment Group (307th BG), 370th Bombardment Squadron (370th BS). Nicknamed "Ready Teddy". When lost, engines R-1830-43 Serial Numbers: a) 42-41307 b) 42-42036 c) 42-44427 d) 42-43686. Mission History On July 6, 1943 took off from Carney Field on Guadalcanal piloted by 1st Lt. Joseph R. Littlepage on a bombing mission against Kahili Airfield and Ballale Airfield. Last seen around 7:00-7:15pm over Choiseul. When this bomber failed to return and was reported as Missing In Action (MIA). Also lost is B-24D Liberator 42-40230 pilot 1st Lt. Don F. Hathaway (MIA). Memorials The entire crew was declared dead on January 21, 1946. Each member of the crew earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart, posthumously. All are memorialized at Manila American Cemetery on the tablets of the missing. Littlepage also has a memorial marker at Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston, WV at cenotaph. Denison also has a memorial marker at Bluff View Cemetery in Vermillion, SD. He is also memorialized at the South Dakota World War II Memorial in Pierre, SD. Cluff also has a memorial marker at Ogden City Cemetery in Ogden, UT. He is also memorialized at Memory Grove Memorial in Salt Lake City, UT. Brady also has a memorial marker at Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville, IN. References NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Joseph R. Littlepage NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - George L. Goddard NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - James H. Scholl NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Leonard B. Conway NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Harold H. Justus NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Harold R. Denison NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Cyril B. Cluff Jr. NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Clifford H. Muhlhausen NARA World War II Army Enlistment Records - Thomas R. Brady Jr. USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24D-15-CO Liberator 41-24093 "24093 (307th BG) lost Jul 6, 1943. MACR 1486 and 45" Missing Air Crew Report 45 (MACR 45) created July 7, 1943 Missing Air Crew Report 1486 (MACR 1486) created July 7, 1943 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Joseph R. Littlepage American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - George L. Goddard American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - James H. Scholl American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Leonard B. Conway American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Harold H. Justus American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Harold R. Denison American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Cyril B. Cluff Jr. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Clifford H. Muhlhausen American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - William Posledni American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Thomas R. Brady Jr. FindAGrave - Virtual Cemetery The Crew of the Billie B FindAGrave - 1LT Joseph Robins Littlepage (photo, tablets of the missing) FindAGrave - Lieut Joseph Robins Littlepage (Photo, memorial marker photos) FindAGrave - 2LT George Lanson Goddard (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 2LT James Henry “Jimmie” Scholl (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Leonard Barton Conway (obituary, photos, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - TSGT Harold Hutton Justus (obituary, photos, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SSGT Harold Alden Denison (obituary, photos, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SSGT Harold Alden Denison (memorial marker) FindAGrave - TSGT Cyril B. Cluff Jr. (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Sgt Cyril B Cluff Jr. (photo, memorial marker photo) FindAGrave - TSgt Cyril B Cluff Jr. (photo, memorial marker Memory Grove Memorial photo) FindAGrave - SSGT Clifford H. Muhlhausen (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SSGT William Posledni (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SSGT Thomas Richards Brady Jr. (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - SSGT Thomas Richards Brady Jr. (memorial marker photo) 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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