Lt. Vernon Otto Staub, 559th Bomb Squad, 387th Bomb Group, Martin B-26 Marauder

41-31657, 387BG, 559BS "MISSISSIPPI MUDCAT" Squadron code TQ-W; Missions flown: 149; Missing Aircrew Report (MARC#) 11465; 23 Dec 44 shot down by Me109's, pilot killed by 20mm shell, went down immediately. 2.Lt's Vernon O Staub P; Elgin F Scobell C/P; William H C Doyle B; S/Sgt's Leonard H Werner R/G; Marvin P Geist E/G; Sgt Richard F Wyman T/G (no info); Cpl Otto P Siciliano extra T/G. (Staub KIA; rest of crew POW)