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Pilot 2nd Lt. Gayle W. Kizer, O-700404 (MIA / KIA) Driftwood, OK Co-Pilot XXX Pilot Instructor XXX Navigator XXX Bombardier XXX Radar Bombardier XXX Engineer XX Gunner XXX Radio XXX Gunner XXX Gunner XXX Gunner XXXX MIA October 22, 1944 MACR 10486 Aircraft History Built by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at San Diego. Constructors Number 5358. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-24L-1-CO Liberator 44-41422. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to the South West Pacific Area (SWPA). Wartime History Assigned to the 13th Air Force (13th AF), 307th Bombardment Group (307th BG) "Long Rangers", 371st Bombardment Squadron (371st BS). No known nickname or nose art. When lost, engines serial numbers listed in MACR. Armed with .50 caliber machine guns makers and serial numbers unknown. Mission History On October 22, 1944 took off from Kornasoren Airfield on Noemfoor piloted by 2nd Lt. Gayle W. Kizer on a bombing mission. When this plane failed to return it was listed as Missing In Action (MIA). Memorials The entire crew was officially declared dead on March 9, 1946. All are memorialized at MAC on the tablets of the missing. Kizer earned the Air Medal and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, posthumously. He also has a memorial marker at Riverside National Cemetery in section MA, site 8. Also, he has another memorial marker at Fairview Cemeter in Apache, OK at South Section, block 1204, lot 2. References USAF Serial Number Search Results - B-24L-1-CO Liberator 44-41422 "41422 (307th BG) lost Oct 22, 1944, SW Pacific. MACR 10486" Missing Air Crew Report 11906 (MACR 11906) created October 23, 1944 American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Gayle W. Kizer American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - FindAGrave - 1LT Gayle Wayne Kizer (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Gayle Wayne Kizer (photo, Riverside Cemetery photo) FindAGrave - 1LT Gayle Wayne Kizer (photo, Fairview Cemetery photo) FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - FindAGrave - 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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