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Delivered Cheyenne 28/11/43; Kearney 11/12/43; Presque Is 19/12/43; Assigned 337BS/96BG [AW-B] Snetterton 23/12/43; Missing in Action Augsburg 13/4/44 with Oscar Brandau, Co-pilot: Frank Schott, Navigator: Bill Manievils, Bombardier: Ken Brown, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Hart, Radio Operator: Nagle Young, Ball turret gunner: Bill Murray, Waist gunner: Ed Stensrud, Waist gunner: Oren Albright,Tail gunner: Lloyd Burke (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Idenkeim, six miles S of Bitburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3769.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: PIAAF / Presque Is
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 13 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3769 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database