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Charles B. (Crankshaft) Cruikshank
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| Crew #31
418th Sqdn. |
M.A.C.R. #1028 |
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| Mission:Munster |
Aircraft #42-30725 |
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| Date: 10 Oct.1943 |
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| Time: 1500/1530 |
AW-R-GO |
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| A/C last seen: Munster |
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| Cause: EAC |
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| Crew aboard: |
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| Charles B.Cruikshank |
Capt |
P |
POW |
| Glenn E.Graham |
1st Lt. |
CP |
POW |
| Frank D.Murphy |
Capt. |
NAV |
POW |
| August H.Gaspar |
1st Lt |
BOM |
POW |
| Orlando E.Vincenti |
T/Sgt |
ROG |
KIA |
| Leonard R.Weeks |
T/Sgt. |
TTE |
POW |
| Robert L.Bixler |
S/Sgt. |
BTG |
POW |
| James M.Johnson |
S/Sgt |
WG |
POW |
| Donald B.Garrison |
S/Sgt |
WG |
POW |
| Charles A.Clark |
Sgt |
TG |
KIA |
| Crew
on 21st mission. Weeks said that Vincenti bailed out of bomb-bay with
chute afire. Had been fighting fire in radio room.
Garrison saw both James Johnson & Robert Bixler wounded and in waist of
plane. Plane blew up and Garrison blown out. Ship had dropped bombs on
target.
Weeks
said; "Germans said Vincenti's chute had burned in the descent and that he
was dead before hitting the ground. Bixler said Germans had shown him
Vincenti's dog tags and told him that he was dead."
Johnson said he was blown out of ship and his chute opened at about 5,000
ft. Clark couldn't seem to get his escape hatch open and was
probably killed when plane blow up. Fighter attack caused fire in ship.
German Records show Sgt. Charles A. Clark interred on 11 Oct 1943 at Lienen Cemetary/Wesph.
Northwestern third of cemetery, southern grave. O .E.Vincenti
northern grave (probably entirely burned since ID tag was found burned.)
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Mission Log of Charles B. "Crankshaft" Cruikshank.
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| Date |
Target |
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| 26-Jun-43 |
Le Harve, France |
4:45 |
| 28-Jun-43 |
St. Nazaire, France |
10:00 |
| 29-Jun-43 |
Le Mans, France |
5:20 |
| 4-Jul-43 |
La Pallice, France |
11:00 |
| 17-Jul-43 |
Hamburg, Germany |
5:50 |
| 24-Jul-43 |
Trondheim, Norway |
12:00 |
| 26-Jul-43 |
German Convoy |
6:15 |
| 29-Jul-43 |
Warnemunde, Germany |
11:15 |
| 7-Aug-43 |
Kassel, Germany |
6:20 |
| 15-Aug-43 |
Lille, France |
4:15 |
| 17-Aug-43 |
Regensburg (Landed Bertreau,
Algeria) |
11:30 |
| 27-Aug-43 |
St. Omer, France |
3:30 |
| 31-Aug-43 |
Paris, France |
5:40 |
| 7-Sep-43 |
Watten, France |
3:50 |
| 10-Sep-43 |
Lille, France |
4:30 |
| 23-Sep-43 |
Vannes, France |
5:00 |
| 26-Sep-43 |
Paris, France |
4:30 |
| 1-Oct-43 |
Emden, Germany |
6:35 |
| 4-Oct-43 |
Hanau, Germany |
7:00 |
| 9-Oct-43 |
Danzig (Marienburg), Germany |
11:15 |
| 10-Oct-43 |
Munster, Germany (Shot Down -
POW) |
4:15 |
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