"During the night of 5/6 Apr, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) dispatches 17 B-24s on CARPETBAGGER (air operations to drop supplies to guerillas in Europe) missions; 1 B-24 is lost."
Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
2nd Lieutenant William Harris Gilbert was the navigator aboard that doomed flight.
He was married to Elsie L. Vance and had two children: William Gilbert Harris Jr. and Diana Harris.
Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
2nd Lieutenant William Harris Gilbert was the navigator aboard that doomed flight.
He was married to Elsie L. Vance and had two children: William Gilbert Harris Jr. and Diana Harris.
"During the night of 5/6 Apr, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) dispatches 17 B-24s on CARPETBAGGER (air operations to drop supplies to guerillas in Europe) missions; 1 B-24 is lost."
Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
2nd Lieutenant William Harris Gilbert was the navigator aboard that doomed flight.
He was married to Elsie L. Vance and had two children: William Gilbert Harris Jr. and Diana Harris.
Source: THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History
2nd Lieutenant William Harris Gilbert was the navigator aboard that doomed flight.
He was married to Elsie L. Vance and had two children: William Gilbert Harris Jr. and Diana Harris.
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