42-97484

Delivered Denver 29-Nov-43; Kearney, Nebraska 15-Dec-43; Presque Isle, Maine 23-Dec-43; Assigned 710BS/447BG Rattlesden 4-Jan-44.



Missing in Action Munster 11-Mar-44 Shot down by AA fire. Most aircrew landed on sandbank at low tide, but their pleas for help to German workers and soldiers as tide came in were ignored and they all drowned. After war searches for those responsible failed. Aircraft crashed in the North Sea, off Haamstede, Isle of Schouwen, Holland. 9KIA 1POW Missing Air Crew Report 3188.



P 1LT Herbert W. Oberdorf (KIA); CP 2LT Leo Teplitz (KIA)

N 2LT Chester Adams (KIA); B 2LT Nick G. Pantages (KIA)

E/TTG SSGT Woodrow W. Harper (KIA); RO Daniel J. Fasanello (KIA)

BTG SSGT Edward J. Johnson (KIA); LWG SSGT Charles E. Gessett (KIA)

RWG SSGT Darrell R. Lincks (KIA); TG SSGT Julius H. Schultz (POW)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685919
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32570351
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13137126
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38358206
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16145047
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 11 March 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-Feb-2016. Corrected spelling on Bombardier to "Pantages" per MACR 3188.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-Feb-2016. Converted dates to USAAF military-style signification; Made connections to Place and Mission; Added crew position, rank, full proper name and disposition of crew memebers, formatted crew display based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 3188

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3188 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database