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Pilot 1st Lt. John Edward Warner (survived) Co-Pilot 2nd Lt. Herbert Allen Hoffman (survived) Navigator 2nd Lt. Jack Bogart Schwartz (survived) Engineer Sgt George H. Purcell (survived) Radio SSgt John C. Mc Clure (survived) Gunner SSgt Henry King (survived) Ditched January 20, 1944 MACR unknown Aircraft History Built by North American Aviation (NAA). Constructors Number unknown. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as B-25 Mitchell model and serial number unknown. Ferried overseas via Hickam Field then overseas to the South Pacific (SOPAC). Wartime History Assigned to the 13th Air Force (13th AF), 42nd Bombardment Group (42nd BG) "The Crusaders", 70th BS Bombardment Squadron (70th BS). No known nickname or nose art. Mission History On January 20, 1944 took off from Stirling Airfield piloted by 1st Lt. John E. Warner as one of nine B-25s on a that staged through Torokina Airfield / Piva Airfield on Bougainville for a bombing mission against Vunakanau Airfield near Rabaul. This B-25 was damaged and ditched into the sea. Fates of the Crew The entire crew survived and successfully deployed their life raft. Rescue On January 22, 1944 the crew were rescued by a PBY-5 Catalina piloted by Lt. B. Smith from VP-14 at roughly Lat 4° 50' South, Long 152° 40' East. References The Crusaders: A History of the 42nd Bombardment Group page ? USS Coos Bay (AVP 25) War Diary - January 1944 page 1 FindAGrave - Herbert Allen Hoffmann (grave 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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