Aircraft B-24H with serial number 41-28932 was on an objective bombing mission to Vechta A/F in Germany. The aircraft was shot down near Gelderingen, 5km West of Steenwijk in the Netherlands. He was initially buried in a small cemetery near Steenwijk by a group of Hollanders.
Crew members
Pilot, 2nd Lt Robert W. Harrington
Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt James E. Miller
Bombardier, 2nd Lt Robert G. Borst
Nose Gunner, Sgt William K. Meyer
Radio Operator, S/Sgt Louis Palermo
Top Turret Gunner, S/Sgt Tice L. Jones
Ball Turret Gunner, Sgt Lloyd O. Kelley
Right Waist Gunner, Sgt William H. Rye
Left Waist Gunner, S/Sgt William M. Julian Jr.
Tail Gunner, Sgt Chester A. Zyb
-U.S. Army Air Forces, 787th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy
-Buried at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands
-Born in 1916
-Enlisted on October 26, 1942, at Camp Forrest, TN, in the Air Corps
-Parents: Will H. and Christine Julian
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