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Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Dalhart 2/3/44; Presque Is 25/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD-K] Grafton Underwood 9/4/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Scott Briley, Co-pilot: Marcel Letourneau, Bombardier: Vince Consoli, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Jack Ward, Radio Operator: Carl Hitchcock, Ball turret gunner: Karl Stauffer, Waist gunner: John Allen, Waist gunner: Jim McLain, Tail gunner: Ralph Voorhees (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Dexter Warren (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Vielbrunn, near Bad Konig/Odenwald, 19 miles SE of Darmstadt, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 3874.

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James W McLain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32489275
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Karl F Stauffer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16018793
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Ralph W Voorhees

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17155146
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Jack P Ward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39256597
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Dexter H Warren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812019
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 13 April 1944

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/SortieReport.php?SortieKey=2…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3874 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database