42-29864

Delivered Cheyenne 28/2/43; Gore 4/3/43; Sioux City 16/3/43; Kearney 8/4/43; Dow Fd 16/4/43; Bangor 28/4/43; Assigned 525BS/379BG [FR-E] Kimbolton 3/5/43; Missing in Action Wangerooge Is 25/6/43 with Courtney Browne, Navigator: Stan Cohen, Bombardier: Chas Dunham, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Louis Nima, Ball turret gunner: Chas Johnson, Waist gunner: Carl Louis, Waist gunner: Melvin Eckert,Tail gunner: Jim Franklin (8 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Harry Hodgin, Radio Operator: Clarry Mertz (2 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed between Mull and Dorpen, Ger. close to Dutch border. Missing Air Crew Report 1759.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier, Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 25 June 1943

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 1759 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database