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Missing Air Crew Report 829
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Parker P. Crater served as navigator aboard B-24D 41-23111 on the 9 October 1943 Danzig mission. When the aircraft suffered engine failures and began heading toward Sweden, Crater bailed out of the bomb bay doors at approximately 1430 hours over the Baltic Sea.
Crater bailed out approximately 80 miles southeast of Kalmar, Sweden, in the Baltic Sea. His parachute was reported to have opened and he was equipped with a Mae West life preserver, but visibility was good and no shipping was seen in the area. He was listed as Missing in Action and his fate was unknown.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Navigator
Serial Number
O-798611
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 09 Oct 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
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Date
Target
Aircraft
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09 Oct 1943
Danzig, Germany (submarine pens)
41-23111
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record