42-29998

Delivered Cheyenne 25/3/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Dow Fd 18/4/43; Assigned 324BS/91BG [DF-J] Bassingbourn 7/6/43;



Missing in Action Huls 22/6/43 with Joe Slattery, Navigator: Julius Ziegelmeyer, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Dickson, Radio Operator: Glenn MacDonald, Ball turret gunner: Eldridge Hulet, Waist gunner: Dave Fishburn, Waist gunner: Elmer Frederick, Tail gunner: Ed Simon (8 Killed in Action);



Co-pilot: Walter Brass, Bombardier: Bob Brubaker (2 Prisoner of War);



Attacked by enemy aircraft, crashed Bungern, three miles SE of Bocholt, Germany.

Missing Air Crew Report 15576.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Walter H Brass

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
First Lieutenant R.F. Brubaker, a bombardier of the 91st Bomb Group inside the nose gun position of his B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Our Gang", using a Norden bombsight 24 June 1943. Image via BL Davies. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'ETO HQ 43 4321 Pearson 24 June 1943. 1st Lt. R.F. Brubaker, Clearwater, FLA., Bombardier of "Our Gang", a Flying Fortress operating from England, at his Norden Bombsight, just before the ship took off for a bombing mission over enemy territory.' Was passed for publ

Robert Frantz Brubaker

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14044021 / O-660325
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William G Dickson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37068898
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

David F Fishburn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Elmer L Frederick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11066576
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

47839 Hüls, Germany 22 June 1943

Crashed

Büngern, 46414 Rhede, Germany 22 June 1943

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

MACR 15576

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 15576 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database