Short Snorter III

401st Squadron

I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo -

Serial #  42-5337

Standing:

Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; S/Sgt. Victor L. Hamrick; Unknown; Unknown.

Squating:

Unknown; Unknown; Dog (name unknown)

Short Snorter III Factoid - Provided by Tammy (Hamrick) Garlow, grandniece of S/Sgt. Victor Hamrick:

All the crew were lost on 17 April 1943 while on Mission 34 targeting 
Focke-Wulf-190 aircraft factory at Bremen; Aircraft 42-5337: "SHORT SNORTER
III" call letters 401 LL-J (see story about the 3 planes called Short
Snorter at: http://www.91stbombgroup.com/Mary_Ruth_Chapter_2.htm ) ditched
into the North Sea due to damage from German Fighters or Flak.  On that
fateful day the Crew were: Pilot - 2nd Lt. Nathan F. Lindsey - MIA/missing
in action; Co-Pilot - 2nd Lt. George Slivkoff - MIA; Bombardier - 2nd Lt.
Albert Dobsa - POW/eus (prisoner of war returned to the zone of interior);
Navigator - 2nd Lt. Rocco J. Maiorca - POW/eus; Radio Operator -T/Sgt.
Lawrence J. Brandenburg - MIA; Top Turret Gunner - T/Sgt. Sebastian
Scavello - MIA; Waist 2 Gunner - S/Sgt. Victor L. Hamrick (my uncle) - MIA;
Ball Turret Gunner S/Sgt. Joseph A. Rekas - MIA; Tail Gunner - S/Sgt.
Anthony J. Roy - MIA; and Waist 1 Gunner - S/Sgt. Alvin T. Schippang - MIA.