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Assigned 341BS/97BG Polebrook Mar-42; transferred 327BS/92BG Bovingdon Aug-42; Attacked by Lt. Walter Meyer 7./JG26. Lost tail and three engines. Desintegrated over Lannay near the Belgian border. Monument near Mouchin on D955 direction Planard. MACR 15218. 6KIA 2POW 1EVD



P 1Lt Francis H. Chorak (KIA); CP 2Lt Joseph J. Fracchia (POW)

N 2Lt Grady W. Roper (EVD); B 2Lt Charles G. Kolodzinski (POW)

E/TTG SSgt Paul R. Gordon (KIA); RO SSgt John J. Dolan (KIA)

BTG MSgt James E. Lane (KIA); WG SSgt Donald E. Buckland (KIA)

TG SSgt Malcolm Culpepper (KIA)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19053673
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-442749
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34241096
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31035541
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789389
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW)

English Channel 9 October 1942

Revisions

Date
ContributorCeesSteijger
Changes
Sources

JG26 War Diary. Monument Coordinates : 50°30'52"N 3°18'13"E. 50.51436 3.30372. 50°30.862 N 3°18.223 E

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 12-Nov-2014. Format description.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 23-Oct-2014. Description edited from Missing Air Crew Report 15218

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database