384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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42-37762 Chaplain's Office 545th BS

26 November 1943 Bremen (Harbor)

A/c left formation at 1140 hrs north of North Oldenburg, Germany, heavily engaged by e/a, cr Zwischenahn, Ger; 1KIA (BT) 9POW; MACR 1580; ball turret (Robert Rimmer) bailed out of the bomb bay, pulled rip chord too soon, was caught underneath plane; bombardier tried to pull him back in but could not; pilot and bombardier crashlanded the a/c, which was when Rimmer was killed.

Another copy of this photo was obtained from Ken Decker Collection, November 2019.

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