The story
466th BG - 96 CBW - Circle 'L' - 786th BS - U8 - 2nd Div - 8th Air Force
Crew: Liberator - B-24H - #42-95157 - "H" - 15 Aug 1944 - MACR #8427
- 32043416 - O-750818 - 1st Lt. - Pilot - Verdun Winston Munroe - Dutchness Co., NY - Stalag 9C - Bad Sulza - POW
- 13038445 - O-820758 - 2nd Lt. - Co-Pilot - Harry E. Haseman Jr. - Salt Lake County, UT - KIA
- 12129894 - O-716371 - 2nd Lt. - Navigator - Terence H. Crowley - Wayne County, NY - KIA
- 15126116 - O-717121 - 2nd Lt. - Bombardier - Charles David Welde - Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH - KIA
- 13084055 - T/Sgt. - Engineer / Top Turret Gunner - Frank Kayden - Cambria County, PA - KIA
- 13170854 - T-Sgt. - Radio Operator - Stephen N. Reiter - PA - EVD
- 33568833 - S/Sgt. - Ball Turret Gunner - James Albert Ehredt - Denver, CO - Stalag Luft 4 - Gross-Tychow - POW
- 15383151 - S/Sgt. - Right Waist Gunner - William J. Weisner - Decatur Co., IN - Stalag Luft 4 - Gross-Tychow - POW
- 37652527 - S/Sgt. - Left Waist Gunner - Dale Raymond Estle - Ledyard Twp, Kossuth County, IA - KIA
- 39275720 - S/Sgt. - Tail Turret Gunner - Gerald Dean Boles - Ventura, CA - KIA
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