MARTIN   Missions Notes Pilot 1LT Quillan Martin, Ohio with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Co-Pilot: 2LT Peter Munro, Georgia with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Bombardier: 2LT Joseph Guarino, Michigan with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Navigator: 2LT Donald Dalton, New Jersey with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Engineer: SSG John Murphy, Mississippi Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Radio Operator: SGT Fred Presser, Washington with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42 - 190 Waist Gunner: SGT Anthony Cannezelli, Rhode Island with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Tunnel Gunner: SGT Nicholas Pesto, Texas with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   Tail Gunner: SGT Jack Barksdale, Texas with 916BG with 916BG with 916BG Vegesack, GE 17OCT42   . .First three missions for the majority of this crew were with the 916BG before transfer to the 200BG .First mission 12OCT42 with the 200BG was aborted due to equipment failure. .On mission 2, this crew was shot down over Germany due to flak. 8 chutes were counted. The Red Cross has confirmed they are all prisoners of war. . Mission Target Type On/Off %on Target 1 Abbeville, FR airfield Off/Abort 0% 2 Vegesack, GE u-boats Off/Shot Down 0%           (Bruce Peckham, USA ) Contact this crew

UPDATE: May 1971
After the war liberated crewmen reported the pilot refused to leave his post and held the burning bomber in level flight enabling the others to safely escape. He is presumed dead after B-24 disintegrated due to severe fire damage. At a reunion in 1971 former tailgunner Jack Barksdale reported "Lt. Martin saved our lives by holding that ship level for as long as he did. Me and Freddie Presser made sure his mother never wanted for anything for the rest of her life. We owed him that."