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416th Bombardment Group (L) Missing Air Crew Report 5032 May 27, 1944, Saturday
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416th Bombardment Group (L) Missing Air Crew Report 5032 May 27, 1944, Saturday
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(Note: Depending on Internet speed, this report may take some time to download and display.) (MACR images downloaded from Fold3.) Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-10206 (Douglas A-20G-35-DO Havoc) 9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 669th Bomb Sq Mission # 58; Box: I; Flight: 3; Position: 2; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-F Reason: Enemy anti-aircraft Damage: Presumed Crashed Point Of Departure: AAF-170 Wethersfield RAF Station, England Location: Amiens, France
Notes: A/C Last Sighted. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Plane was seen to drop out of formation over target. Three parachutes were seen. Light flak was seen fired at parachutists on way down. Description: The majority of box 1 dropped on the No. 4 plane [Lt Siracusa], which, having received a direct hit by flak, salvoed its Bombs 10 seconds before the point for release. Six chutes were seen to come out of the planes flown by Lt Guillon and Lt Siracusa. ... The four crews were: Lt Allen W. Gullion Jr., S/Sgt Grady F. Cope, and S/Sgt Gerald L. Coffey; Lt Lucien J. Siracusa, S/Sgt James M. Hume, and S/Sgt Floyd E. Brown; Lt Harry E. Hewes, S/Sgt Joseph F. Kasper, and S/Sgt Harold E. Boyer; Lt Tommie J. Simms, S/Sgt Julius C. Williamson, and S/Sgt Harry W. Larsen. ... As the chutes from Lt Gullion's and Lt Siracusa's planes floated down, it was reported that light flak was fired at the parachutists from 8000 feet to the ground. (416th BG History 1944) See Mission # 58 for additional details |
