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Delivered Cheyenne 29/1/43; Salina 11/2/43; Assigned 367BS/306BG [GY- ] Thurleigh 16/3/43; then 369BS; Missing in Action Bremen 17/4/43 with Frank Watson, Co-pilot: Bob Kemp, Bombardier: Bob Hansen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Livington, Waist gunner: George Kormish (5 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Calvin Bjornsgaard, Radio Operator: Wilbur Giraud, Ball turret gunner: Reed Bottomley, Waist gunner: Art Sanders,Tail gunner: Larry Davis (5 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Stotel, eight miles S of Bremerhaven, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 15446.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37275042
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 17 April 1943

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15446 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database