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"Rigor Mortis"B-17 Flying Fortress12th Air Force - 15th Air Force301st Bombardment Group (H)32nd Bomb Squadron |
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1st Crew
Don Brazee, Pilot 12th Air Force 301st Bombardment Group 2nd Bombardment Group 483rd Bombardment Group Early Combat Missions |
96th Bomb Squadron
2nd Bombardment Group
The Rigor Mortis was assigned to the 2nd Bombardment Group, November 14, 1943.
The Rigor Mortis flew 17 missions with the 96th Bomb Squadron. There was 1 Early Return (ERT).
Crews and Missions:
The following alphabetized list of servicemen are listed in crew and squadron records as having flown on Rigor Mortis From November 16, 1943 to March 17, 1944. Some did not survive the war. We honor their memory. Others returned to the states.
I would like to get in contact with any survivors, spouses, descendants or other family members. Thank You.
Ralph B Anderson Anthony A Aratari William Arm Everett J Bauman Stanley W Beerli Richard M Blomquist Louis M Boehm Andrew A Bonnell, Jr. Julius F Bridges Robert A Brienza Donald M Byrd Albert D Byrne John W Carney Robert R Cary Richard H Chapman Eugene H Chekemain Robert C J Ciampa Robert F Cleesattel Carl D Coleman Thurman W Comer William J Cook Kenneth C Cook Phillip L Cooper Cleo "Chuck" E Corley Samuel W Covert Michael A Croccia Earl L Danahey Thomas R Degan Charles T Dickson John D Egan Furman W Elgin Gordon Fann Franklin W Fitzgerald Gerald W Flynn Thomas W Forbes Carl R Foster Joseph W Fricke Ascension Gonzales Anthony S Gruchawka Eugene A Guay Edward W Haley Stephen J Hannon Marshall E Hanson Woodrow W Hartsock Merle L Hegg Fred S Huskins Arthur L Hyatt Leon J Hyde Joseph M Jaffe Charles A Jones Stanley H Katz Harry Kornitsky Harold J Kronenberg Arthur A Krueger Herman S Lavine Virgil W Lazar Woodrow M Lundquist Henry Macias William E McNichol Robert A Menke Allyn C Moore Thomas M Moriarity Joseph P O'Connor Warren D Oates Fred W Penn Kenneth R Peters Russell W Phillips Turner W Pickrel Benjamin H Putchkoff Kendrick Upton Reeves Charles J Rheinheimer Oscar Rome Edward C Ross, Jr. John Rudowski Benjamin F Scheckels, Jr Edward E Schneider George J Seamans Adolph Sevruk Bennie P Shoemaker Anthony J Sikole Clarence W Southern Edward R Spriggs Robert B Stamps George W Stasik John D Stepp, Jr. Freeman D Storm Robert F Sykes Talmadge W Trevethan Harold A Troutman William L Tucker Mallory E Walker Milan G Walter Nemor Warr James E Warren James L Weaver Dale E Wilkinson Robert Willis
Crew lists provided for by research at the national archives by Dick Drain.