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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 8/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 833BS/486BG [H8-A] Sudbury 29/6/44; {23m} Missing in Action Osnabruck 21/11/44 with Howard Glashoff (Killed in Action); Lester Keson, Harry Lovely, Tom Mahon, Cecil Rasco, John Haerle, Tom Seckel, Don Miller, Dan Alpha (8 Prisoner of War); mech fault, crashed Halle, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 10405. LOW PRESSURE LULU.
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
Squadron
Military | Private | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' #4337646
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Crashed near Halle in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' 43-37646. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' #4337646. Died in plane crash on way home after liberation; buried at Ardennes military in Belgium
Military | Flight Officer | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Military | Flight Officer | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' #4337646
Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' #4337646
Military | Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' #4337646
Military | Sergeant | Flight Engineer | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low pressure Lulu' #4337646
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Halle on 11/21/44 in B-17 'Low Pressure Lulu' #4337646
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 21 November 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10405 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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