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Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 28/6/44; Grenier 15/7/44; Assigned 350BS/100BG [LN-T]; Thorpe Abbotts 17/7/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 11/9/44 with Howard Schulte, Ball turret gunner: George Berg, Waist gunner: Walt Budziszewski (3 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Dick Kiern, Navigator: Jerome Hutcheson, Bombardier: Ken Summers, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Carl Harre, Radio Operator: Lester Swink,Tail gunner: Otto Reichl (6 Prisoner of War); hit by 20 mm shell then by flak, crashed Machern, E of Leipzig, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8814.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 350th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13061774
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 September 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8814 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database