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Crash date: June 28, 1943; found August 12, 1945
Crash location: North-Central Wyoming, high atop a ridge now named "Bomber Mountain", in the Big Horn Mountains.
Boeing B-17F Serial # 42-3399 Name" Scharazad"
Flying from Pendleton Army Air Base in Pendleton Oregon Flying to Grand Island Army Air Base in Grand Island, Nebraska
At time of crash it was attached to the 2nd Air force, 2nd bomber command, 17th Bomber Wing, 383rd Bomb Group, 541st Bomber Squadron
The crew is as follows:
pilot, William R Ronaghan, O-795145 co-pilot, Anthony J. Tilotta, O-680767 navigator, Leonard H Phillips, O-678761 bombardier, Charles H Suppes, O-733366 aircraft engineer, James A Hinds 39246908 Radio Operator, Ferguson T Bell, Jr., 34334803 assistant aircraft engineer, Lee 'Vaughn' Miller, 35433022 Assistant radio operator, Charles E. Newburn, Jr, 38188183 aircraft gunner, Jake F. Penick, 18008587 assistant aircraft gunner, Lewis M Shepard, 14083794
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