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Delivered Dallas 20/4/44; Hunter 30/5/44; Grenier 15/6/44; Assigned 331BS/94BG [QE-S] Rougham 16/6/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/8/44 with Lou Hicks, Co-pilot: Bob Vavra, Navigator: Irving Goldfarb, Bombardier: Bill Posa, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ernie Noack, Radio Operator: Len Wogksch, Ball turret gunner: John Booth, Waist gunner: Chas O’Connor (7 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Dan DePauli (Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, smoking badly amidships, ditched North Sea, off Borkum Island. Missing Air Crew Report 8076.
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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: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32873737
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8076 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database