KNAPP CREW
221st Squadron


CREW NOTES
  Pilot Co-Pilot Bombardier Navigator Nose
Gunner
Engineer Radio
Operator
Waist
Gunner
Belly
Gunner
Tail
Gunner
14 Knapp
(POW)
Riddick
(KIA)
Tupper
(KIA)
Houk
(KIA)
x Cushman
(KIA)
Dowd
(KIA)
Manzo
(KIA)
Kibler
(POW)
Giffin
(KIA)

 

MISSION NOTES
  Target Type Aim Damage Notes
14 Ploesti, Rumania  oil      shot down by flak before the target area was reached

 

PERSONNEL RECORD
Name Rank Position Date of
Assignment
Status Missions Kills Notes
Norman "Doc"
Knapp
1LT Pilot 01 APR 43 POW 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Samuel
Riddick
2LT Co-Pilot 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Benbrook, Texas)
Albert
Tupper
2LT Bombardier 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Coldwater, Mississippi)
George
Houk
2LT Navigator 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Roosevelt, Utah)
Eugene
Cushman
SFC Engineer 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Lincoln Park, New Jersey)
Douglas
Dowd
SGT Radio Operator 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14(Rapid City ,South Dakota)
Tony
Manzo
SGT Waist Gunner 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Fair Lawn, New Jersey)
Harry
Kibler
SGT Belly Gunner 01 APR 43 POW 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(Palm Bay, Florida)
Vincent
Giffen
SGT Tail Gunner 01 APR 43 KIA 1 0
Silver Star and Purple Heart on
mission 14
(San Francisco, California)

 

Player:
Andy Hall, USA

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