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PILOT: 2nd Lt. Max M. Hailey, KIA, Walnut Grove, MO. Married MISSIONS: Unknown. S/Sgt. Jacob Herman III had 49 missions in. LAST SIGHTED: 1200, Muglitz 49-17'N 56-16'E DOWN: ? WHERE: Pressnitz near Bruenn? #77 was flying number 3 position in first attack unit. S/Sgt. Robert F. Miller, tail gunner, lead ship in formation, "#77 was way out in back... 1,000 yards behind. Fighters made repeated attacks on both planes, #66 and #77, until #77 was hit, peeled off and headed down." "Hailey downed by an FW-190," Arthur G. Hermansen Jr., left waist, on lead ship. Sgt. Albert Thomas Arrotta, ball gunner on #77, "Fighters knocked out 3 engines." Bomber fell through undercast in flames. A crew yelled at Hailey to "Feather the prop!" There was no answer from Hailey. 6 KIA. |
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