Imparato Crew

858th BS
Imparato Crew

Status: The crew is pictured above prior to overseas assignment, and was taken on 12Nov44. They arrived at Harrington on 13Dec44, appearing in Special Orders# 236. Names have not been matched to all faces, but Oliver is far right front row and Robert Gouge is far left back row. They came directly into the night bombing period of Dec44-Mar45. They were shot down on the night of 7/8 March 1945. The remains of six of the crew members are buried in a single plot in the Arlington National Cemetery. Keesey escaped the fatal mission as only nine crewmen were needed for the night bombing missions.

Os:
Robert R. Gouge        - Bombardier        ASN 02068009 (KIA)
Joseph A. Imparato     - Pilot             ASN 0833120 (KIA)
Judson E. Phinney      - Copilot          ASN 0831267 (KIA)
Alton R. Stone        - Navigator         ASN 02070174 (FOD)

EMs:
Donald F. Couch        - Gunner            ASN 42121538 (FOD)
Walter R. Keesey       - Gunner            ASN 33873099
Henry F. Oliver       - Gunner            ASN 38692469 (KIA)
David      Rutrick      - R.O.              ASN 32655396 (KIA)
Albert F. Simmonds     - Gunner            ASN 32937987 (KIA)*
Graham T. Smith,Jr.    - Engineer          ASN 14174661 (KIA)

Hyperlinked ASNs for EMs displays their enlistment records at the National Archives (NARA).

* Simmond's name is garbled on his NARA card.

Above,L-R: Arlington Stone, Robert Gouge. Below: Henry Oliver

Additional Data Sources:
Imparato Crew Personnel Files
Imparato Crew Incident Files

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