13 JUNE 1944 · TUESDAY · STATION 104Missing in Action

Mission 410.Beaumont-Sur-Oise.

Beaumont-Sur-Oise, France

Intended Target
Beaumont-Sur-Oise
Beaumont-Sur-Oise, France
Operating Group
93rd BG
1BD
Takeoff Base
Hardwick
Station 104
Aircraft Effective
41 / 112
effective / dispatched
Bomb Tonnage
94
tons

The route.

§ Takeoff to Target
Bearing Out
169° T
Bearing In
350° T

The formation.

2 aircraft · tap a ship for its crew
B2Lt T MccorkleKIA
ROS/Sgt James F. BundyKIA
ROS/Sgt John J. MerlinoKIA
WGSgt Carl H. LewisKIA
TGS/Sgt John R. Rudy
TTGS/Sgt Thomas C. SornsinKIA

On 13 June 1944 the aircraft was shot down during a bombing mission over NW France. Three planes were lost on this mission. Six crew members bailed out. The aircraft departed from Station 104 at 1630. Of the three planes shot down, S/Sgt John R. Rudy (tail gunner) was the only crew member to successfully evade capture. All six men who bailed out were shot at while descending. Two were killed during the descent; the remaining three (other than the narrator) were captured. The fate of crew members who did not bail out is unknown.

Sources.

§ Provenance
Mighty Eighth War Diary
Roger A Freeman · Jane's Publishing Company Limited · 1981
Published