42-29940
Delivered Cheyenne 15/3/43; Casper 29/3/43; Smoky Hill 10/4/43; Dow Fd 30/4/43; Assigned 332BS/94BG Bassingbourn 8/5/43; Earls Colne 12/5/43.
Missing in Action Kiel 13/6/43 with Andy Loog, Navigator: Francis McGee, Bombardier: George Hale, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Howard Payne, Radio Operator: Dick Himes, Ball turret gunner: Gene Walczinski, Waist gunner: Dick Russell, Waist gunner: Scott Wilson,Tail gunner: Ed Lane (9 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Bob Campbell (Prisoner of War).
Enemy aircraft, crashed Marienhof-Padenstedt, SW of Neumunster, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 16200.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-393381
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 13 June 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Crashed |
Marienhof, 24634 Padenstedt, Germany | 13 June 1943 |
Revisions
Associated people from MACR 16201 - http://www.fold3.com/image/30087205/
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 16200 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database