43-38145

Delivered Cheyenne 30/6/44; Kearney 11/7/44; Grenier 17/7/44; Assigned 832BS/486BG [3R-N] Sudbury 18/7/44; {4m} Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with Leland Harper, Co-pilot: Harry Scully (2 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Hugh White, Bombardier: Constantine Kontos, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ed Sherrick, Radio Operator: Ralph Fleck, Ball turret gunner: Stan Calhoun, Waist gunner: John Warner, Tail gunner: Jerome Argenti (7 Killed in Action); mid air coll, with 43-37909 crashed Quelkhorn, E of Bremen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7713.

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Units served with

A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Jerome E Argenti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Stanly A Calhoun

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17146408
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Ralph E Fleck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Leland J Harper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Constantine J Kontos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Sudbury

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

Aircraft

43-37909

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 August 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

dded an association to A/C #43-37909 per the info in the A/C description section.

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to “Sudbury” the home base of the 486th BG.

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7713 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database