Crew pose with B-24J "Lucky Don" 42-73485
(Standing left to right) 2nd Lt Max Rubin, Cecil W. Wells, F/O Harold A. Thornton and 1st Lt. Douglas G. McMillin
(Kneeling left to right) SSgt Steve J. Buccia, TSgt Richard W. Corbin, SSgt Peter P. Kosciuszek, SSgt Harry H. Reed and Clarence H. Johnson.
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July 5, 1944 Rubin, Thornton, McMillin, Buccia, Corbin and Reed were Killed In Action (KIA) aboard B-24D "Big Chief Cockeye" 42-40351 on Ceram. Kosciuszek was captured and became a Prisoner Of War (POW) executed at the end of August 1944.
Credit: USAAF, 5th AF, 380th BG, 529th BS Date: 1944
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