Help on 448thbgp 2nd Seething crew 49

James ~
 
According to the information I was able to access, I hope the following will be interesting and of assistance.
 
Crew # 49 (flew aircraft #42-7768 overseas):
2nd Lt. Clair W. Cline               Pilot                          O-746302
2nd Lt. Robert O. Brockman     Copilot                       O-687671
1st Lt. Adin S. Batson               Navigator                   O-687924
2nd Lt. Ted Strain                    Bombardier                O-686204
Sgt. Lin L. Teing                      Engineer                    3660326
Cpl. Maurice M. Taylor              Radio Operator          357224736
Sgt. Ira H. Loyd                       Alternate Engineer      36431449
Sgt. Hubert A. Hunt                 Alt. R/O                     38321373
Sgt. Robert H Yarnell                Ariel Gunner              35668792
Sgt. Albert Giliotti                    Ariel Gunner               37717371
Passengers:
1st Lt. Carl T. Yast            O-570876
TSgt. Herbert S. Chrzan     16027847
SSgt. Lloyd S. Brewer        37263843
Cpl. Ralph C. Erskine Jr.    34770116
 
21 FEBRUARY 1944
8th USAAF Mission  #228 of 968, 448th BG Mission #19 of 262 total.
Target: Aerodromes located at Vorden, Hesepe and Diepholtz; Germany.
Cloud cover obscures the primary targets forcing the Bomb Group to seek Targets of Opportunity.  Locating Achmer airfield on the outskirts of Hesepe, the bombs are dropped on the second pass. German FW-190s shoot down two B-24s and damage several others on their second pass. 
At 1445; B-24J-75-CO, #42-100178, CARRY ME BACK (MACR 2468) is lost and crashes at Westerkappeln, 10 kilometers northwest of Osnabruk.
Five minutes later B-24H-5-FO, #42-7768, THE PROUD WANDERLOST (MACR2469) flown by Lt. Cline lost it's battle with the FW-190s.  Exploding 20 millimeter shells killed the ball turret gunner Sgt. Robert Yarnell and wounded the Radio Operator Sgt. Guy Padgett.  Sgt. Ira Loyd died after falling from the aircraft without a parachute  The remaining crew survived, the aircraft crashing in the woods outside Horstel, Germany.

James,
 
To get a picture of life in the 448th try 'The 448th Bomb Group, Liberators over Germany in WWII' by Jeffrey Brett.  A well written history of the 448th 'available at your favorite bookseller' ISBN 0-7643-1464-5, part of the Schiffer Military History series.
 
Hal

Additional information from NARA WWII Date Files:
 




Field Title
Value
Meaning

SERIAL NUMBER
14029257
14029257

NAME
PADGETT GUY T
PADGETT GUY T

GRADE, ALPHA
T SG
Technical Sergeant

GRADE CODE
3
Lieutenant Colonel or Asst. superintendent of nurses or Director of nurses or Technical Sergeant or Commander or Petty Officer, 1st Class

SERVICE CODE
1
ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE
AC
Air Corps

ARM OR SERVICE CODE
20
AC: AIR CORPS

DATE REPORT: DAY (DD)
21
21

DATE REPORT: MONTH (MM)
02
02

DATE REPORT: YEAR (Y)
4
1944

RACIAL GROUP CODE
1
WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE
61
Illinois

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
K15
Heavy Bomber (B17, B24)

PARENT UNIT NUMBER
0448
0448

PARENT UNIT TYPE
06
Group/Regiment/Commands/System

AREA
70
European Theatre

LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY (DD)
05
05

LATEST REPORT DATE: MONTH (MM)
06
06

LATEST REPORT DATE: YEAR (Y)
5
1945

SOURCE OF REPORT
1
Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

STATUS
8
Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated

DETAINING POWER
1
GERMANY

CAMP
091
Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

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Thankyou for that info. We talked about the name Dixie Jewel on the cracker tin. We have come to the conclusion that since he was a radio operator that this name might be a nickname for him. He was from North Carolina. I also want to thank Donall for the service record. I had allready gotten it but thanks for the help. The information recieved was very helpfull and we thank you very much. And with the names of the crew we can put names to the pictures of the crew we have.
Thansk again,
James