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USAAF 20th AF 313 BW 505th BG 482nd BS ![]() USAAF 1945 |
Pilot Commander Captain Edward Fishkin, O-383237 (KIA) Verona, NJ Co-Pilot F/O Alfred V. Boulton, T-65112 (KIA) Brooklyn, NY Bombardier 2nd Lt Gerald J. McIntosh, O-2075437 (KIA) Brooklyn, NY Navigator 1st Lt John Meehan, O-2079058 (POW / dis) Long Island, NY Engineer S/Sgt John Driapsa, 15018513 (KIA) Bainbridge, OH Radar F/O William H. Moore, T-137750 (KIA) Tipton, IN Radio Sgt Henry W. Sutherland, 39041587 (POW, dis) Berkley, CA CFC Gunner Sgt Osmond J. Hannigan, 17118454 (POW, dis) Minn R Gunner Sgt James N. Fitzegerald, 31323581 (POW, ex) Gardiner, ME L Gunner Sgt Harvey B. Kennedy, Jr., 34540097 (POW, ex) Sarasota, FL Tail Sgt Joseph G. Kanzler, 42034646 (POW, dis) Richmond Hill, NY Crashed June 5, 1945 MACR 14603 Mission History On June 5, 1945 took off from Tinian. Part of 473 B-29s on an incendiary bombing mission against Kobe. Over the target at the start of the attack, shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at the Hyogo Prefecture Kobe City Mitsubishi shipyard near Kobe. Five of the crew went down with the bomber, the six others bailed out. Fats of the Crew Wreckage Memorials The following crew members are buried at Honolulu Cemetery (Punchbowl): John Meehan at Plot P Row 0 Grave 832. Osmond Hannigan at Plot P Row 0 Grave 740. Joseph C. Kanzler (declared dead August 15, 1945) at Plot Q Row 0 Grave 819. Relatives References Contribute
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