Posted By Terry Harris on April 11, 2006 at 03:55:01:
563rd Squadron, 388th Bomb Group (H)
B17G a/c # 42-97255.
Wilbur J. Osterkamp...Pilot
Leo L. Hughes...Copilot
Harry Solomon...Bombardier
Kenneth S. Perlitch...Navigator
Newell M. Ballard...Engr./TT
Elwood R. Tobias...Radio
Leo L. Collins...Ball Turret
James F. Evans...Right Waist
George W. Taylor...Left Waist
James A. Whitehead...Tail Gunner
All 10 men KIA on April 11, 1944. Shot down by an FW 190 over the Baltic Sea.