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Goad’s Crew with B-24 “Destiny’s Tot”
10th Air Force, 7th Bomb Group (Heavy), 493th Bomb Squadron
Photo taken in 1943. This crew was shot down over Rangoon on 14 Oct 1943. Goad & Sawyer became POW’s in Rangoon Central Jail. Austin, Whitte, Marshall & Chiarello all died in plane’s explosion. Kelley was sick that day and could not fly with this crew on 14 Oct, but went down with Major Wesley Werner on 14 Nov 1943 and was captured by Japanese. Kelley died from burns and neglect on 17 Dec 1943 in Rangoon Central Jail.
Briefing is the insurance to combat mission cooperation. Therefore, members of this crew are thoroughly informed by 1st Lt. Harold Goad, pilot, as to the mission and the expected results. They are, left to right, front row: Lt. Healzer; Lt. Peacock; S/Sgt. Chiarello; and T/Sgt. Austin. Back row, left to right: T/Sgt. Witt; Sgt. Peters; Lt. Kelley; S/Sgt. Marshall, and 1st Lt. Harold Goad, pilot. 7th Bomb Group at Pandaveswar Army Air Base, India. 1943.
1st Lt. Harold Goad, pilot from Portsmouth, Ohio, gives last minute instructions to the bombardier, 1st. Lt. John Kelley from Garland, Tennessee (in plane), on the 7th Bomb Group Consolidated B-24 “Destiny’s Tot”. Pandaveswar Army Air Base, India, 1943.
Another successful mission is added to the already large number of missions of the Consolidated B-24 “Destiny’s Tot”, 7th Bomb Group at Pandaveswar Army Air Base, India. Total numbers of missions to date (of photo) was 53. 1943.
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