9 crew killed

Pilot: 2nd Lt. Francis Cooke, IA

Co-pilot: 2nd Lt. Paul Clark, MA

Navigator: 2nd Lt. Charles Werner, WI

Bombardier: 2nd Lt. Frank Jorgensen, OH

Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cpl. Wilford Dahlin, CA

Radio Operator: Cpl. William Weston, NY

Ball turret gunner: Sgt. Joseph Page, AR

Waist gunner: Cpl. John Browning, TX

Tail gunner: Cpl. Walt Ambrogetti OR

Sept 17, 1944 on a mission to Groesbeek Netherlands. One aircraft crashed on takeoff. "Rosie's Sweatbox", piloted by Lt. F. E. Cook, failed to clear the hedge at the end of the main runway and crashed onto the Weldon/Oundle road, Northamptonshire, and exploded with full load of gas and bombs . Despite the devastating explosion of fragmentation bombs and aircraft fuel, the tail gunner, Cpl. W. J. Ambrogetti, was still alive when emergency crews arrived. Unfortunately, he died later that day. All of his crew mates were killed instantly.

Joseph L Page Jr