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B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-F] Sudbury 2/7/44; {3m} Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with Nathan Adler, Co-pilot: John Williams, Navigator: Sam Lum, Bombardier: Joe Richter, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Forse Baisden, Radio Operator: Don Jones, Ball turret gunner: Mike Pesta, Waist gunner: Joe Davis,Tail gunner: Bill Sterfanik (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Einswarden, W of Wesermunde, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7712.
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
*Taken from the official web page of the '486th Bomb Group Association' (https://486th.org/BS835/index.htm)*
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Military | Lieutenant | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #4337979
POW
Military | Technical Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #4337929
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 34337929
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #4337929
POW
Military | Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #4337929
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde in B-17 #4337929 on 8/5/44
POW
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #437929
POW
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #4337929
POW
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Failed to Return (FTR) | Germany | 4 August 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:41:25 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7712 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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