42-6237
On 11 November 1944, a B-29, # 42-6237, assigned to 20th Air Force, Kankulia, 40th Bomb Group, 25th Bomb Squadron, departed Pengshan, China, on a bombing mission to Nanking, China. At 0206 Zulu, the B-29 reported the # 4 engine was on fire when still over the target. The crew were:
Pilot 1stLt Richard L. Vickrey 0-664092 KIA
Co-Pilot 2ndLt Burnard L. Page 0-809033 KIA
Navigator 1stLt Felix O. Sinicrope 0-738894 RTD
Transferred to 1010 USAAF Base Unit, Atlantic City, NJ (24 Jul 1945)
Bombardier 2ndLt Edward G. Cassidy 0-686408 KIA
Flight Engineer 2ndLt William G. Warburton 0-861396 RTD
Radar Sgt John A. Myers Jr. 12081693 KIA
Radio Oper-Gunner SSgt Dwight E. Collins 14149196 POW/EUS
Transferred to 128 USAAF Base Unit, Greenville Air Base, SC (11 Jun ’45)
Senior Gunner Sgt Frederick S. Carlton 19100930 POW
Right Gunner Sgt Watson R. Lankford 34449608 RTD
Left Gunner Sgt Carl R. Rieger 37408023 RTD
Tail Gunner Sgt George R. Schuchardt 32079822 POW/EUS
Transferred to 2126 USAAF Base Unit, Laredo Airfield, TX (10 Jun 1945)
Passenger Major (Lt.Col.) Francis B. Morgan 0-342800 EUS
Assigned to “Signal C” – transfer to 1090 USAAF Base Unit, Miami Beach, FL (8 August 1945)
The last contact by radio was with Major Neil W. Wample, 0-421363. The crewmen who escaped the Japanese and returned to military control on 28 November 1944, appeared to be in good health. Sgt Carlton was last seen in Shimonoshenki, Japan, 13 September 1945. Myers bailed out over Nanking, China (enemy held).
The next-of-kin list was:
Morgan Mrs Alyce G.. Morgan, W, 1504 N.W. 9th Ave, Miami, FL
Sinicrope Mr Patsey Sinicrope, F, Box 398, Kimball, W.VA.
Mrs Doris M Sinicrope, W, 11 Guernsey St, Stanford, Conn.
Warburton Mr Frank W. Warburton, F, 3002 Lowe Ave, Chicago, IL
Schuchardt Mrs Agnes T. Schuchardt, W, 286 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ
Also Box 96, Pine Hill, NJ
Collins Mrs Bessie F Collins, M, Rte 1, Brevard, No. Carolina
Cassidy Mrs Bridget M. Cassidy, M, 108-34 Roosevelt Ave, Corona, Long Island, NY