42-107058 White Angel
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Tulsa 8/2/44; Gr Island 19/2/44; Grenier 29/2/44; force landed Gr Island with Rich Buttorff 8/3/44; Assigned 545BS/384BG [JD- ] Grafton Underwood 24/4/44; 546BS [BK-C]; detailed Hannover 5/8/44 with Frank Mead, Co-pilot: Tom Daniel, Navigator: Jerry Bryson (3 Returned to Duty), Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Joyce, Radio Operator: Alex Vennell, Ball turret gunner: John Treat, ng-Howard Dillon, Waist gunner: Harry Woods, Tail gunner: Vince Castiglione (6 Prisoner of War), they bailed out when hydraulic motor fire caused intense smoke in cockpit, rest in crew brought ship home;
Missing in Action Eisenbach 11/9/44 with Jim Chadwick, Co-pilot: Edgar Grantham, Bombardier: Bob Verbryka, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Virgil Brown, Radio Operator: Dave Liebmann, Ball turret gunner: Henry Schoonover, Waist gunner: Lou Marfield (7 Killed in Action); Navigator: Leslie White, Tail gunner: Ken Klumpp (2 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Zechau, S of Liepzig, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8903. WHITE ANGEL.
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 5 August 1944 | |
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 11 September 1944 |
Revisions
Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" (2 places) in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7885 / MACR 8903 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database