2Lt Howard J. Lobo Crew - 458th Bomb Group

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Comments:: Looking for family of crewmembers of the Lobo crew, 755th Squadron 458th Bomb Group. They were assigned on May 11, 1944. On May 27, 1944 this crew was flying their second mission to Nuenkirchen. They collided during assembly over Cromer with another 755th Squadron ship named "Briney Marlin" piloted by 2Lt Les Martin. Lobo's ship broke up and was last seen spiraling down into the clouds above the sea. The bodies of the navigator and bombardier were washed ashore, but the others were never found. Martin's ship made it back to Horsham St. Faith with six feet of Starboard wing hanging down and minus two crew members who bailed out into the North Sea and were, likewise never found. : 2Lt Howard J. Lobo – Pilot : 2Lt Stanley G. Sasserson – Co-pilot : 2Lt Toivo J. Maki – Navigator : 2Lt Willliam M. Fitzgerald – Bombardier : S/Sgt Mike R. Pappas – Radio Operator : S/Sgt Robert C. Bingaman – Flight Engineer : Sgt Edgar C. Nabe – Ball Turret Gunner : Sgt Max S. Tripp – Waist Gunner : Sgt Lewis W. Lunsford – Waist Gunner : Sgt Norman J. Picard – Tail Gunner : : "Briney Marlin" enlisted KIA : S/Sgt Chester R Carlstrum - Flight Engineer : S/Sgt Wilbert Abshire - Tail Gunner : Any help would be most appreciated. : Thanks very much.

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