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398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.
Delivered Cheyenne 1/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 30/6/44; Assigned 601BS/398BG [3O-B] Nuthampstead 16/7/44; repaired Missing in Action 21/11/44 with Brown & Genung, AOC, re-ass 24/11/44; (38m) Missing in Action Mannheim 20/1/45 with Jim Mitchell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Nelson Beyer (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Henry Skubik, Navigator: Byron Hughes, Bombardier: Evart Veech, Radio Operator: Chas Spear, Ball turret gunner: Island Brown, Waist gunner: Russell Dick,Tail gunner: Leon Mills (7 Prisoner of War); flak, force landed Mechtersheim, near Speyer, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 11797 [?11795].
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-824954
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 0 204 653
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 20 January 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11797 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database