43-38173

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 569BS/390BG {CC-R] Framlingham 21/7/44; Missing in Action Zellhausen 24/12/44 with Paul Herring, George Cassman, Lester Damast, Dick Byrne, Hymen Less, Chas Mehl (6 Prisoner of War); Terry Burrows {cp-killed by strafing Allied fighters}, George Betz, Theo Garst (3 Killed in Action); flak hit then exploded, crashed Weisbaden, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 11116.

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Theodore R Garst

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
A bomber crew of the 96th Bomb Group with the chin turret of their B-17G Flying Fortress. In the back row from left to right: Technical Sergeant Geo Goetz, Top-Turret gunner; Technical Sergeant Bob Woherty, Radio Operator; Staff Sergeant Luigi Iacovello, left waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Roy Johnson, Ball Turret operator; Staff Sergeant Everett Johnson, right waist gunner; Staff Sergeant Charles A Haywood, Tail Gunner. In the front row left to right: First Lieutenant Paul Herring, Pilot; Flight Officer Ch

Paul L Herring

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812262
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Hymen Less

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36668988
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Charles I Mehl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33745775
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 24 December 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11116 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database