42-97449 Sweetheart
Delivered Denver 18/11/43; Kearney 1/12/43; Presque Is 15/12/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-B] Grafton Underwood 21/1/44; Missing in Action Augsburg 19/7/44 with Jim Bodker, Co-pilot: George Brandon*, Navigator: Albt Steindam, tog-Carlyle Telford, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Cyrus Gullekson, Radio Operator: Max Hostetler*, Ball turret gunner: Henry Chandler, Waist gunner: Joda Evans*,Tail gunner: Warren Robinson (9POW-*all wia); enemy aircraft, force landed Mils Inntal, Austria, 42 SW of Innsbruck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7261. CHALLENGER aka SWEETHEART.
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Germany | 19 July 1944 |
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7261 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database