AAR 45-8-10-525

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Aircraft Serial Number (Type): 43-9840 (Douglas A-20G-35-DO Havoc)

9th AF; 416th Bomb Gp; 668th Bomb Sq

Mission # 122; Box: I; Flight: Window; Position: 3; A/C Fuselage Code: 2A-V

Reason: Crash Landing Engine Failure (CRLEF)

Damage: Completely destroyed (5)

Point Of Departure: AAF-170 Wethersfield RAF Station, England

Location: 2 miles north Castle Heddingham, Essex

*Personnel*
Duty	Name	Rank	S/N	Status
Pilot	Kenny, James Patrick	2Lt	O-691368	WIA
Airplane Mechanic - Gunner	Noteriani, Frank NMI	Sgt	20318628	Seriously Injured
Airplane Mechanic - Gunner	Spadoni, James Karl	Sgt	39034142	WIA, SIA, EUS

Notes:
Cause of accident: Left engine failure at low altitude.

Description:
[Shortly after he had] taken off, the left engine of Lt. J.P. Kenny's plane [failed and Lt. Kenny] crash landed the plane which was washed out. Although [Lt. Kenny suffered no] injuries, his two gunners, Sergeants J.K. Spadoni and F. [Noteriani were] seriously injured and were confined to the hospital.
(416th BG History 1944)

General Orders No. 157, 17 August 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 668th Bombardment Squadron (L), James P. Kenny, O-691368, Second Lieutenant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received as a result of enemy action on 10 August 1944, while serving as Pilot of an A-20 airplane. Entered military service from New York, New York.

General Orders No. 157, 17 August 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 668th Bombardment Squadron (L), Frank (NMI) Noteriani, 20318628, Sergeant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action while serving as Gunner on an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory on 10 August 1944. Entered military service from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

General Orders No. 157, 17 August 1944, Purple Heart is awarded to: 668th Bombardment Squadron (L), James K. Spadoni, 39034143, Sergeant, Air Corps, United States Army. For wounds received in action while serving as Gunner on an A-20 airplane on a combat operational mission over enemy occupied territory on 10 August 1944. Entered military service from San Francisco, California.
(416th BG Purple Heart Awards (PDF))

See Mission # 122 for additional details