Navigator 2nd/LT Martin G. Shearer MIA/KIA
4 OCTOBER 1943
TARGET: NORTH SEA DIVERSION
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #00890
AIRCRAFT: #42-7471 "FILTHY ANNIE" "G-Bar" 3rd Mission
AIRCREW: MORPHEW * SQUADRON: 579th 392 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P l/LT Orval S. Morphew KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
B l/LT Lawrence R. Moore KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
R/O T/S Maurice R. Moriarty KIA
NG S/S Pete E. Derrick KIA
WG S/S Virgil W. Wells KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
TG S/S Christian S. Woller, KIA
Eyewitness accounts: Lt. Morphew's B-24 was last seen falling in a mild spin at about 10,000 feet followed closely by four enemy fighters. One or two parachutes were reported seen from this aircraft. A wing tip and the tail assembly had been damaged and partially torn off as a result of a mid-air collision with one of the other Group aircraft, believed to be B-24 # 42-7481 (Lt. Fuerstacke's ship) - as the Morphew ship spun out of the formation at about 1026 hours.
U.S. National Cemetery records do reflect the following about all crewmen: All (10) men are recorded on the WALL OF THE MISSING in the following overseas cemeteries.
At NETHERLANDS (Margraten), Netherlands: Moore; Schearer; Purdy; Derrick and Wells. All men were awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Lt. Shearer has a cenotaph memorial at Elk Spring Cemetery
Monticello (Wayne County)Wayne County Kentucky, USA
4 OCTOBER 1943
TARGET: NORTH SEA DIVERSION
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #00890
AIRCRAFT: #42-7471 "FILTHY ANNIE" "G-Bar" 3rd Mission
AIRCREW: MORPHEW * SQUADRON: 579th 392 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P l/LT Orval S. Morphew KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
B l/LT Lawrence R. Moore KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
R/O T/S Maurice R. Moriarty KIA
NG S/S Pete E. Derrick KIA
WG S/S Virgil W. Wells KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
TG S/S Christian S. Woller, KIA
Eyewitness accounts: Lt. Morphew's B-24 was last seen falling in a mild spin at about 10,000 feet followed closely by four enemy fighters. One or two parachutes were reported seen from this aircraft. A wing tip and the tail assembly had been damaged and partially torn off as a result of a mid-air collision with one of the other Group aircraft, believed to be B-24 # 42-7481 (Lt. Fuerstacke's ship) - as the Morphew ship spun out of the formation at about 1026 hours.
U.S. National Cemetery records do reflect the following about all crewmen: All (10) men are recorded on the WALL OF THE MISSING in the following overseas cemeteries.
At NETHERLANDS (Margraten), Netherlands: Moore; Schearer; Purdy; Derrick and Wells. All men were awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Lt. Shearer has a cenotaph memorial at Elk Spring Cemetery
Monticello (Wayne County)Wayne County Kentucky, USA
Navigator 2nd/LT Martin G. Shearer MIA/KIA
4 OCTOBER 1943
TARGET: NORTH SEA DIVERSION
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #00890
AIRCRAFT: #42-7471 "FILTHY ANNIE" "G-Bar" 3rd Mission
AIRCREW: MORPHEW * SQUADRON: 579th 392 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P l/LT Orval S. Morphew KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
B l/LT Lawrence R. Moore KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
R/O T/S Maurice R. Moriarty KIA
NG S/S Pete E. Derrick KIA
WG S/S Virgil W. Wells KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
TG S/S Christian S. Woller, KIA
Eyewitness accounts: Lt. Morphew's B-24 was last seen falling in a mild spin at about 10,000 feet followed closely by four enemy fighters. One or two parachutes were reported seen from this aircraft. A wing tip and the tail assembly had been damaged and partially torn off as a result of a mid-air collision with one of the other Group aircraft, believed to be B-24 # 42-7481 (Lt. Fuerstacke's ship) - as the Morphew ship spun out of the formation at about 1026 hours.
U.S. National Cemetery records do reflect the following about all crewmen: All (10) men are recorded on the WALL OF THE MISSING in the following overseas cemeteries.
At NETHERLANDS (Margraten), Netherlands: Moore; Schearer; Purdy; Derrick and Wells. All men were awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Lt. Shearer has a cenotaph memorial at Elk Spring Cemetery
Monticello (Wayne County)Wayne County Kentucky, USA
4 OCTOBER 1943
TARGET: NORTH SEA DIVERSION
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #00890
AIRCRAFT: #42-7471 "FILTHY ANNIE" "G-Bar" 3rd Mission
AIRCREW: MORPHEW * SQUADRON: 579th 392 Bomb Group
CREW POSITIONS AND STATUS:
P l/LT Orval S. Morphew KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
CP 2/LT Robert F. Purdy KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
N 2/LT Martin G. Shearer KIA
B l/LT Lawrence R. Moore KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
EnG T/S Leo C. Thrall KIA
R/O T/S Maurice R. Moriarty KIA
NG S/S Pete E. Derrick KIA
WG S/S Virgil W. Wells KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
WG S/S James C. Wilson KIA
TG S/S Christian S. Woller, KIA
Eyewitness accounts: Lt. Morphew's B-24 was last seen falling in a mild spin at about 10,000 feet followed closely by four enemy fighters. One or two parachutes were reported seen from this aircraft. A wing tip and the tail assembly had been damaged and partially torn off as a result of a mid-air collision with one of the other Group aircraft, believed to be B-24 # 42-7481 (Lt. Fuerstacke's ship) - as the Morphew ship spun out of the formation at about 1026 hours.
U.S. National Cemetery records do reflect the following about all crewmen: All (10) men are recorded on the WALL OF THE MISSING in the following overseas cemeteries.
At NETHERLANDS (Margraten), Netherlands: Moore; Schearer; Purdy; Derrick and Wells. All men were awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Lt. Shearer has a cenotaph memorial at Elk Spring Cemetery
Monticello (Wayne County)Wayne County Kentucky, USA
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