42-107105 Margie mae

Delivered Tulsa 22/4/44; Rapid City 2/3/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 6/5/44; no ops, transferred 366BS/305BG [KY-L] Chelveston 22/5/44; Missing in Action Anklam 4/8/44 with Thaddeus Littlefield (POW-picked up by Danish fishing boat off Gedser, Den.); Co-pilot: Dick Rist, Navigator: Joe Hibner, Bombardier: Pat Bastone, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Sam Glasser, Radio Operator: Herb Cummings, Ball turret gunner: Melvin Calloway, Waist gunner: Earl Caldwell, Tail gunner: Tom Davis (8 KIA - all bailed but only 6 bodies recovered); flak damage, headed for Sweden but crashed Baltic Sea; Missing Air Crew Report 7703. MARGIE MAE.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 4 August 1944

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a space in front of the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid clarity.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added the A/C nickname listed in the A/C “Description”.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7703 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database