Mission: 02/24/1944
Pilot: E.J. Costales
Aircraft: 42-31561 - Just Elmer's Tune

With number 1 engine hit, and half of the horizontal stabalizer ôshot awayö aircraft left the formation under control and was heading for the Danish coast. Last seen flying into a cloud bank under attack from a yellow nose Fw=109

Person	Status	Role
Elmer J. Costales	POW	Pilot
Stephen A. Kish	POW	Co-Pilot
Clifford D. Sahner	KIA	Navigator
Lars E. Skoug	POW	Bombardier
Lester W. Seelig	POW	Radio Operator
George F. Pechacek	KIA	Top Turret/Engineer
Robert J. Joyce	POW	Ball Turret Gunner
Norman N. Carnie	POW	Waist Gunner
Leamon E. McCulloch	POW	Waist Gunner
Edwin W. Hays	POW	Tail Gunner