The crew arrived in the UK under Shipment FR-551-F1 on the Dutch liner "Nieuw Amsterdam" (source Tom Brittan). They appear at Harrington on Special Orders #241,dtd 18Dec44 whereupon they were trained for Night Bombing missions. They appear in the Late Period Log 15 times before being brought down by a combination of enemy aircraft and ground flak over Norway. They had been transferred to the 858th BS during the personnel turmoil of March 1945 when the 857th was sent to Bassingbourne. In the 1990s a Norwegian fisherman brought up Mihocik's dog tags in his net, proving perhaps that the plane was still over water when brought down. In 2009 a relative (Sarah Rector) searching the Internet, came across this crew page and, after some messages back and forth she received the tags and a ceremony followed.
Os:
William R. Shaw
- Pilot
ASN 0830988 (KIA)
Milan J. Mihocik -
Copilot ASN T-002701
(MIA)
Richard R. Edwards - Navigator
ASN 38497416 (MIA)
George M. Alseth -
Bombardier ASN 0930046
(MIA)
Merrill E. Majors,Jr. - Bombardier
ASN T-003896 (KIA)
EMs:
Charles S. Baker -
Gunner ASN
35848400 (FOD)
Robert A. Eagan
- Gunner ASN
38497416 (FOD)
Robert G. Good
- Gunner ASN
33766816
Chalmer M. Hale
- Gunner ASN
35262594 (FOD)
James H. Hamrick -
Engineer ASN 35768846
(FOD)
Eugene J. Hollub -
R.O.
ASN 38462432 (FOD)
Frederick J. Patrinos - Gunner
ASN 36838989 (FOD)
Below:
Cadet Milan Mihocik, from Class 44-B,Minter Field,CA.
(Available on request)
Incident Aircraft: B24H 41-28910 'Old Goat', former 467th BG plane. Note that the crew pictured with the plane is not the Shaw crew.
Additional Crew Data:
MACR 14191
Shaw Crew Personnel Cards
Shaw Crew Honor Roll Cards
Group-Related Downloads:
"Carpetbaggers" by Parnell
"They Flew by Night" editor Robert Fish
Serial Number Index of B24s
Station 179 Operations Log (handwritten
Apr44-Jul45)
Station 179 Operations
Log (transcribed
Sep44-Jul45)
