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USAAF 5th AF 345th BG 500th BS ![]() 345th BG Oct 1943 |
Pilot Captain Lyle E. Anacker, O-662853 (MIA / KIA) WI Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. David E. Koenig, O-668012 (MIA / KIA) OH Bombardier/Navigator 2nd Lt. Jerome A. Migliacci, O-797043 (survived) Trenton, NJ Engineer S/Sgt George M. Hardy, Jr., 20221040 (WIA, KIA / MIA) NJ Radio S/Sgt Millard Svec, 36602086 (MIA / KIA) IL Tail Gunner Sgt Robert T. Henderson, 13022773 (survived) Edri, PA Ditched October 18, 1943 MACR 1339 Aircraft History Built by North American. Delivered to the U. S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25D-5 Mitchell serial number 41-30054. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then across the Pacific to Australia. Wartime History Assigned to the 345th Bombardment Group, 500th Bombardment Squadron during March 1943. Converted to a strafer variant (B-25D-1) at the 4th Air Depot at Garbutt Field near Townsville. Assigned to pilot Naigle with crew chief Cheney. Nicknamed "SNAFU / MFUTU" with the nose art of a middle finger and a Japanese caricature above the middle finger. When lost, engines R-2600-13 serial numbers 41-28603 and 41-28564. Mission History Fates of the Crew Memorials References Contribute
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