Interview with the co-pilot: 2nd Lt Nelson H. Willingham, emergency landing on 18 March 1944 in Dübendorf, Switzerland. B-24 H-1-CF, Serial No: 41-29127, Marking: G, Nik Name: Lil Gipsy of the 8th Air Force, 392nd Bomb Group, 579th Squadron. The B-24 took off from Wendling in England with the mission to bomb Friedrichshafen in Germany, after the bombing of Friedrichshafen pilot 1Lt William A. Kala left the formation with loss of oil pressure in engine No.1, the propeller was brought into gliding position, direction Switzerland, where he made an emergency landing in Dübendorf, the aircraft was later scrapped in Switzerland.
Crew:
Pilot: 1st Lt William A. Kale
Copilot: 2nd Lt Nelson H. Willingham
Navigator: 2nd Lt Walter A. Syroid
Bombardier: 1st Lt James G. White
Engineer: S/Sgt Nedham Toler
Asst. S/Sgt Engineer: Robert H. Hildebrand
Radio : T/Sgt Ray Finley
Asst. Radio: S/Sgt Voral J. Birch
Gunner: S/Sgt Clyde E. Peacock
Gunner: S/Sgt Milton L. Haaland
