36th BS
Broten Crew
Back Row, left to right:
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Edward Tappan, Copilot (Evader)
John O. Broten, Pilot (KIA)
UnknownFront Row, left to right:
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Picture probably taken at Harrington, before Alfred Emert replaced Zuckerman as Bombardier. Only Tappan and Broten have been identified in this picture. A complete listing of the crew's casualties is on the Honor Roll page, Tappan was the only survivor. Emert appears in the Jackson crew picture.Orphans:
Calvin L. Hicks ASN 34608436 Remained at Station 179
Edgar G. Bryant ASN 38417741 Remained at Station 179
Monument: Trancrainville (Eure-et-Loir)
Status: A replacement crew, arrived at Harrington in early May 1944.
Evasion Period: Tappan, 5Jul-16Aug 1944
Photo Credit: 801st/492nd BG Association
Errata: Though both of the orphaned crew members remained at Harrington at least through August 1944, neither flew any combat missions.
Incident Aircraft: B24D 42-72873 "Raggedy Ann II"
Former 44th BG plane, came to Harrington after 12 May 1944. Flown once each by Deano (first combat mission for the plane at Harrington) and Wright of the 850th BS in June of 1944. Flown by Ellis on the night of 12/13 June 1944. Never named when with the Carpetbaggers. Decker flew it once, and Broten flew it twice that July, meeting his misfortune and that of his crew on the second mission.
Shot down by a German Me110 and crashed at Trancainville, Eure-et-Loir, France.
Additional Scans Provided by
Diane Broten Galbavy and Elmer Greene, M.D.
Above Left: John O. Broten, Pilot
Above Right: Alfred Emert, Bombardier
