Crew #6

Crew of 6th Aircraft - Plane # 40-2298 - "The Green Hornet" - Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group - (Bail Out - POW Prisoners)

Lieutenant Hallmark dropped his bombs on a steel mill north of Tokyo but not no damage assessment could be made until after the war when the one surviving crewman was repatriated. The two enlisted members of the crew drowned when the pilot ditched his bomber in the ocean just off the coast of China after fuel ran out. Lt. Hallmark was slightly injured but swam to shore to meet up with the other two survivors. The following day they buried the bodies of Dieter and Fitzmaurice and then tried to reach safety with the help of friendly local Chinese. All three men were captured and interred as POWs. Of the 5-man crew, only Lt. Nielsen survived the war, the highest casualty rate of the raid.

Pilot Lt. D.E. Hallmark
Co-Pilot Lt. R.J. Meder
Navigator Lt. C.J. Nielsen
Bombardier Sgt. W.J. Dieter
Engineer Gunner Cpl. D.E. Fitzmaurice