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B-24J,44-40162

B-24J,44-40162,491st BG/ 855th BS,crashed 24th March 1945,Operation Varsity,near Wesel,Germany.MACR 13551.
 
1/Lt.Paul Fox                            pilot
2/Lt.Anker F.Poulsen                co-pilot
2/Lt.Robert Feinberg                bomb
S/Sgt.Lee H.Hecht                    eng
T/Sgt.Frank H.Callahan Jr         radio
S/Sgt.William J.Jamison             rwg
S/Sgt.David H.Slade                  lwg
S/Sgt.Lester R.Higley                tg         of Duke Center,McKean County PA Mem.Roll
S/Sgt.Raymond F.Buchholz       ng         of Wisconsin
 
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    Lt. Paul Fox's plane (44-40162) was seen to pull up into a steep climb with its bomb bay on fire. The pilot was evidently trying to reach a safe bail out altitude, but the plane went out of control, rolled over on its back and crashed hopelessly in an ugly burst of black smoke and orange flame
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