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Back L-R: Emil Edward Pluhar (TG/OBS, Albert J. Merlis (N), Alfons Francis Urwal (N), Arthur Martin Stone Jr. (AC), Carl Warren Schwob (N).
Front L-R: Carl Richard Euting (FG), Robert Frank Brown (FG), John Henry Herzog Jr. (P), James B. Saunders (B), Henry Bauer (TT), George Frank Palacek, (RO).
John Herzog’s last mission.
Object Number - UPL 67784 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 27 December 1944/Altenahr, Germany. Back L-R: Emil Edward Pluhar (TG/OBS, Albert J. Merlis (N), Alfons Francis Urwal...
Delivered Dallas 12/5/44; Langley 26/6/44; Grenier 9/7/44; Assigned 385BG [---Q] Gt Ashfield 10/7/44; transferred 544BS/384BG [SU-Y] Grafton Underwood 13/8/44; Missing in Action Plauen 19/3/45 with Bill Kramer, Emmett Culhane, Chas Fell, Walt Robitzki, Dwight Scrivner, Bill Brooks, Jack Pheiffer, Francis Lukosavich, Keith Krauss (9 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Ostend, Bel; Missing Air Crew Report 13366.
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 19 March 1945 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 13566 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database