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Delivered Tulsa 28/3/44; Kearney 7/4/44; Grenier 14/4/44; Assigned 603BS/398BG [N7-S] Nuthampstead 5/5/44; (24m) Missing in Action Cauvincourt (Bretteville), Fr 8/8/44 lead aircraft with Capt Meyer Wagner, Navigator: Tom Stitz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Ray Gibeau, Radio Operator: Bill Germiller, Waist gunner: John Werner,Tail gunner: Lt Fred Kushera (5 Prisoner of War); Bombardier: Chas Arnold, Ball turret gunner: Jim Hochadel (2 Killed in Action); mp-Capt Bob Hopkins, Xn-Vonnerlin Wernecke (2 evaded capture); flak hits in #2 & #3, crashed Le Chateau, near Segrie-Fontaine, E of Vire, Fr. Missing Air Crew Report 7384 [?7382].

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 603rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-759258
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

France 8 August 1944

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7384 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database