Sortie2BDB-24Missing in Action
“Chief Manatee”.Over Munich.
Mission 486 · 21 July 1944 · Munich, Germany
Serial
42-63979
B-24D
Fuselage Code
YM
Squadron
409th
Ted's Traveling Circus
Aboard
1
men
The crew.
§ 1 aboard
Name
Position
Serial
Hometown
On this flight
SgtAlastair C. McTaggart
Tail Gunner
Station 9
19179965
—
Prisoner of war
Returned
→
The flight.
§ Ship’s Record
The Day
Took off fromHardwick (Sta. 104)
The Record
ResultMissing in Action
Record confidenceValidated against a source
Formation
Flew with409th Squadron
Fuel & Equipment
H2X scope photoNo
The target.
§ As Briefed
MunichUnknown
LocationMunich, Germany
Notes.
§ From the Record
Chief Manatee (42-63979) was shot down by flak and crashed near Krun/Kruen, Germany. No landing (aircraft lost). See fact 8128537c-2c06-41ed-a096-64bbbf4e2535 for full detail.