44-6261 Never Satisfied
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UPL 24323
B-17G-50-DL #44-6261
463rd BG - 773rd BS - 15th AF
463rd BG - 773rd BS - 15th AF
Delivered Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with Gale Patterson, Co-pilot: Rudolph Kiss, Navigator: Earl Waricher, Bombardier: Earle Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stilinovich, Radio Operator: Alex Bryant, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur High, Waist gunner: Bill Stefanski, Waist gunner: Tony Rizio, Tail gunner: Harry Howland (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Csurga; Missing Air Crew Report 9204. NEVER SATISFIED.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37582702
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Ball-Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-815633
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 775th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Savannah, GA, USA | 17 June 1944 | Hunter Army Airfield |
Assigned |
Foggia, Province of Foggia, Italy | 17 July 1944 | 463rd BG 773rd BS |
Crashed |
Csurgó, 8840 Hungary | 13 October 1944 | Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with Gale Patterson, Co-pilot: Rudolph Kiss, Navigator: Earl Waricher, Bombardier: Earle Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stilinovich, Radio Operator: Alex Bryant, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur High, Waist gunner: Bill Stefanski, Waist gunner: Tony Rizio,Tail gunner: Harry Howland (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Csurga; Missing Air Crew Report 9204. NEVER SATISFIED. |
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Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.