43-38300
Delivered Cheyenne 18/7/44; Kearney 27/7/44; Grenier 8/8/44; Assigned 391BS/34BG Mendlesham 10/8/44; Missing in Action Mannheim 19/10/44 with Chas Halbert, Co-pilot: Jack Ragland, Navigator: Tom Gribbook, tog-Jack Flarty, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Goeteshcius, Radio Operator: Alvin Drost, Ball turret gunner: Larry Frederickson, foto-Manuel Markes,Tail gunner: John Minnick (9 Killed in Action); Waist gunner: Leon Fix (Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Ludwigshafen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9467. MAIL CALL.
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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 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 October 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 9467 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database