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Missing Air Crew Report 3371
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
Sortie2BDMissing in Action
“Big Job”.
Mission · 09 July 1943
Serial
42-40627
B-24D
Fuselage Code
AG
Squadron
330th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
1
men
The crew.
§ 1 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
F/OWilliam W. McKelvey
Pilot
Station 1
T-190580
CN
Returned
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In their own words.
§ 1 entry
William W. McKelveyPilot
William W. McKelvey, serial number T-190580, served as the aircraft commander of B-24D 42-40627 with the 93rd Bombardment Group. The aircraft was lost on 9 July 1943. McKelvey is referenced in endorsement correspondence dated January–March 1944 as the subject officer of the Missing Air Crew Report. His ultimate status is not recorded in the surviving pages of this file.
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultMissing in Action
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with330th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
Notes.
§ From the Record
B-24D serial number 42-40627 assigned to the 93rd Bombardment Group. The aircraft was lost on 9 July 1943. Information obtained from the Bulgarian Ministry of War indicated that two American bombers crashed at Kosharevo (42°42'N, 22°44'E) on 30 March 1944. Eleven bodies and the remains of approximately nine others were found when the grave was opened at the local cemetery. The bodies were almost wholly cremated. This MACR file (3371) was routed through the 2nd Bombardment Division and Eighth Air Force in early 1944. A supplement was later issued by the Fifteenth Air Force in January 1945 to address the casualty status of Sgt Tony H. Morrish based on evidence gathered by the 2616th Investigating Detachment.
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record