Date: 1945 Feb 06/06			A/C Type: B-24 J  Liberator		SN: 42-50505		Code:		A/C Nickname: The Gremlins Roost
File: 344		Airforce: USAAF		Sqn/Unit: 93 BG - 330 BS			Mission/Raid: Magdeburg
1	Pilot	1Lt. Howard E. Jennings					9	RWG
2	Co-pilot	2Lt. Ralph F. Sanderson					10	TG	T/Sgt. Martin H. Rubin
3	Nav.	2Lt. William E. Schoephoester					11
4	B	T/Sgt. Kenneth E. Massa					12
5	E	T/Sgt Adrian N. Tatum					13
6	RO	S/Sgt. Alfred Midgley Jr					14
7	BTG	S/Sgt. Arthur S. Humpreys        KIA					15
8	LWG	S/Sgt. Vance K. Jeffers         WIA - KIA					16
Hit by Flak over the Dutch North Sea coastline on route to Magdeburg. Flak-shell exploded in the root of the left wing at an altitude of 22.000 ft. All crew had to jump out fast south of Alkmaar. Crew 9. Two dead, seven POW

Crew photo: http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/16156

Our file on this aircraft. Cemetery Akersloot-West Graftdijk:  http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/856.html

Nose art The Gremlins Roost, site B24bestweb:  http://www.b24bestweb.com/gremlinsroost-the1.htm

Nose art, photo 2:  http://www.b24bestweb.com/gremlinsroost-the2.htm







































































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Above image shows Lake Alkmaardermeer (left above) and parts of the bomber going into waterway 'Noordhollands Canal' that runs towards Alkmaar.
The white puffs below in the photo are floating parachutes. Above right is the Dutch North Sea coast line.  











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