42-97143

media-35097.jpeg UPL 35097

452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Object Number - UPL 35097

Boeing Aircraft - 30 January 1944

Cheyenne - 5 February 1944

Grand Island - 16 February 1944

Presque Isle - 11 March 1944

Assigned 729BS/452BG, RAF Deopham Green 1 April 1944

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11 combat missions



Missing in Action Merseburg 12/5/44 with Otis Stogsdill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Dean (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Joe Daniels, Navigator: Bill O’Brien, Bombardier: Lou Gricco, Radio Operator: Earl Weber, Ball turret gunner: Bob Williams, Waist gunner: Mike Walsh, Waist gunner: Frank Andrews,Tail gunner: Jim Redmond (8 Killed in Action); enemy aircraft plus damage by explosion of another B-17, crashed Wicher, six miles E of Mainz, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4776.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32552582
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-753984
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-692332
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 May 1944

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from 452nd BG records

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4776 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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