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Delivered Denver 17/1/44; 1SAG Langley 27/2/44; Grenier 1/4/44; Assigned 482BG Alconbury 4/44; transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-A] Chelveston 16/5/44; Missing in Action Hamburg 18/6/44 with Col Ernest Lawson (C.O.), Co-pilot: Capt Homer Claymore, Navigator: Capt Gene Mack, ex/n-Capt Dave Dunagin, m/op-Lt Dick Bushnell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Martin Glassman, Radio Operator: Littleton Taylor, Waist gunner: Bill Georske, Waist gunner: Roger Lord,Tail gunner: Lt Doug McLeod (10 Killed in Action); Bombardier: Steve Wurtz (Prisoner of War); direct flak hit knocked off tail, crashed Deutche Werft Factory, Norderel Strasse, Hamburg, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 5939.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Richard F Bushnell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Mickey Operator, Pathfinder Operator

Homer W Claymore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736475
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

David L Dunagin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-801443
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William M Georske

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Martin Glassman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

France 18 June 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 5939 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database