43-38188
Delivered Cheyenne 5/7/44; Kearney 23/7/44; Grenier 3/8/44; Assigned 7BS/34BG Mendlesham 4/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 7/10/44 with Jim Heiby, Waist gunner: Hubert Betterton (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bill Krobaum, Navigator: Meyer Geist, Bombardier: Alvin Kubly, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lou West, Radio Operator: Wiley Moore, Ball turret gunner: Willis Riley,Tail gunner: Everett Coates (7 Prisoner of War); flak, force landed Zutphen, Hol?. Salvaged. Missing Air Crew Report 9549.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16167678
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 7 October 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9549 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database