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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>2/25/2007 1:54:47 PM 
| Following a scrubbed mission on the 12th June 1944, the bomb load of B-17G 42-107210 of the 614th BS was being unloaded at Dispersal No.3. <br/> "The ground crew of the aircraft, together with the ground crew of another, were engaged in unloading the clusters of M41 bombs from the bomb racks. <br/> A shackle holding three of the bombs to one end of the support for a cluster of six was loose or broken, and during the handing down of the cluster the three bombs fell to the concrete <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>4/17/2007 9:30:54 AM 
| Found this on another site taken from accident report.  The names of those who were killed that day.<br/> <br/> T/S James Franklin Bradsher <br/> Sgt G J Hecht, Jr <br/> Sgt R T Humphrey <br/> Cpl A Milune <br/> PFC J H Oliver <br/> Cpl Lee B Weber <br/> <br/> Don Byers<br/> Lubbock Texas <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>5/14/2011 2:27:13 PM 
| From the 614th's Unit Diary for June 1944:<br/> <br/> <blockquote>On June 12th a serious accident occurred on the line. While unloading some 20lb fragmentation bombs from an A/C, one was dropped.<br/> It exploded, killing six and injuring eleven men of the ordnance and armament sections.<br/> <br/> The Squadron salutes these men who died or were injured in the line of duty:<br/> <br/> Sgt. Royal T. Humphrey - Pickton, Texas - Dead - Ordnance Section<br/> Cpl. Anthony Milunic - Laverne, Pennsylvania - Dead - Armament Section<br/> Cpl. Lee B. Weber - Mokane, Missouri - Dead - Armament Section<br/> Pfc. James H. Oliver - Glenn Ellyn, Illinois - Dead - Armament Section<br/> T/Sgt. James F. Bradsher - Milton, North Carolina - Dead - Armament Section<br/> Sgt. Alvin B. Hecht, Jr. - Chicago, Illinois - Dead - Armament Section<br/> <br/> Pfc. Henry E. Cabana - Waterbury, Connecticut - Wounded - Armament Section<br/> Cpl. Walter H. Wilson - Lawrence, Massachusetts - Wounded - Armament Section<br/> Pfc. James A. Shipman - Dexter, Missouri - Wounded - Ordnance Section<br/> Pfc. William D. Patterson - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - Wounded - Armament Section<br/> Sgt. James A. Wright - Groesbeck, Texas - Wounded - Engineering Section<br/> S/Sgt. Clifford Steep - Boisie, Idaho - Wounded - Ordnance Section<br/> Sgt. Harold J. Burch - Akron, Ohio - Wounded - Ordnance Section<br/> Sgt. Albert V. Opgenorth - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Wounded - Ordnance Section<br/> Pvt. Raymon Rosales - San Antonio, Texas - Wounded - Ordnance Section<br/> Pfc. George F. Wark - Hartford, Connecticut - Wounded - Ordnance Section<br/> Cpl. Herbert C. Jones - Altoona, Pennsylvania - Wounded - Armament Section<br/> <br/> A copy of the Colonel's commendation for efficiency in this emergency is attached herewith.</blockquote><br/> <br/> I'll add the commendation, and links to any further information, when possible.<br/> <br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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| '''Paul Bellamy''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/Paul Bellamy.jpg' /></div><br/>5/14/2011 3:03:38 PM 
| From the Group Medical Department history:<br/> <br/> <blockquote>Tragedy visited the 614th Squadron on 12 June.<br/> A defective fragmentation bomb, being unloaded by the Armament Section dropped to the concrete hardstand and exploded,<br/> killing four men instantly, two others died subsequently from serious injuries and injuring eleven others.<br/> The injured were all given first aid treatment at the Sick Quarters and then evacuated to the 303rd Station Hospital.<br/> It was a sad accident.</blockquote><br/> <br/> The 303rd Station Hospital were the nearest main medical facility, based at Lilford Hall near Oundle.<br/> <br/> Paul <br/><br/>Paul Bellamy<br/> <img class='ForumMaxImgWidth' src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/resource1.png' /><br/> 
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