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Hoping to find a photo of one our Bs or maybe a video of one of our veterans describing a combat mission? Sitemap Privacy Policy Notice of Accessibility. Plan to join us in New Orleans, May , details below …. Search Search. Search More Personnel. POW Search. KIA Search. Assigned to the th Bombardment Group. Unit: st Bombardment Squadron. Crew joined the group in March Coccia crew which had joined the th Gp. It dropped back and took over the lead of the second element of the low squadron and gradually lagged further and fur- ther behind.
The B was escorted until it reached the Frisian Islands where the P's were forced to return to England because of a shortage of gasoline.
They were immediately taken prisoner. This was the 2nd mission for the Coccia crew. Simmons Crew Replacement Nav. William Greiner, whose crew finished all their missions, flew with Coccia's crew on the July 29th Mission to "help break them in" and to fly his "last mission".
On the July 29th mission, my fourth mission, as a result of losing one engine over the target, subsequent loss of a second engine by more flak and a brief encounter wiht a ME German Jet fighter, our crew ditched our B "SheHasta" in the North Sea. After four days at sea, having been spurned by a Danish ship on our second day at sea, we landed on Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands North of Holland.
