Posted By Terry Harris on April 10, 2007 at 22:14:18:
563rd Bomb 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
Shot down by an FW 190 over the Baltic Sea at approximately 1325 (8th AF time) on April 11, 1944. All 10 men KIA. No trace of the crew or A/C was ever found.