| Caption | B-24M bomber 44-42058 shot down over Koror, Palau Islands ww2dbase | ||||
| Source | ww2dbaseBritish Pathé | ||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 4 May 1945 | ||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
| Added Date | 30 Jun 2016 |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. JEAN MARC TRIBILLAC says:
19 Aug 2018 05:01:15 PM
The left wing is hit by a bomb coming from above.
19 Aug 2018 05:01:15 PM
The left wing is hit by a bomb coming from above.
3. 307th says:
23 Jan 2019 08:58:01 AM
No it was flak.
23 Jan 2019 08:58:01 AM
No it was flak.
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B-24M-15-CO "Brief" Serial Number 44-42058 Crew list on the date of the crash: Pilot 2nd Lieutenant Glen R. Custer Co-Pilot 2nd Lieutenant Irving R. Brown Navigator 2nd Lieutenant Wallace F. Kaufman Bombardier 2nd Lieutenant Norbert J. Giese Radioman Technical Sergeant James R. Tenney Engineer Sergeant Richard E. Grimes Nose Gunner Corporal Victor B. Wilson Top Turret Corporal Irving Topp Ball Turret Corporal Robert N. Shillenn Tail Gunner Corporal Albin Rynkiewicz Passenger SergeantFloyd Collins Bennett All but 2nd Lieutenant Kaufman were killed; Kaufman was captured and later executed by the Japanese on 24 May 1945