43-38261

Object Number - UPL 32646 - Laurence Elmer "Larry" Deats, Jr.

Delivered Cheyenne 13/7/44; Kearney 24/7/44; Grenier 6/8/44; Assigned 863BS/493BG Debach 8/8/44; Missing in Action Magdeburg 12/9/44 with Albt Tucker, Larry Deats, Ken Evans, John Hewitt, Harry Puetz, Gerard Frost, Jim McLaughlin, Harry Lane (8 Killed in Action); Floyd Ford (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Germany; Missing Air Crew Report 8866.

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Harold N Lane

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37519728
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

James R McLaughlin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37620953
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner ; Tail Gunner

Harold W Puetz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16076054
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Albert L Tucker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760518
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 12 September 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8866 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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